You've probably been wondering how to get accented letters into your words when preparing documents using word processors like Microsoft Word. How do you get to include them? As it turns out, the ...

Many well-known actors use accent reduction to cast more movie roles. And sometimes even the most attentive film-watchers ...

Infants raised in homes where they hear a single language, but spoken with different accents, recognize words dramatically differently at about 12 months of age than their age-matched peers exposed to ...

A solid Spanish accent, like Alfred Molina uses to portray Diego Rivera in “Frida,” makes a performance all the more believable. A questionable one, however, like Al Pacino uses as Tony Montana in ...

In Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” the firefly Ray says he has a Cajun accent because he was “born and bred in the bayou!” While that may be true for Ray, the voice actor portraying him, Jim ...

I used to have an editor who frowned on the use in newspaper copy of the French expressions I learned in high school. When I persisted in adding bon mots, or choice words, to stories, he laid down the ...

Americans have a sort of fascination with the English accent. It's entranced and captivated us for centuries, not to mention all of the British-accented hot actors du jour (I'm looking at you, Andrew ...

Peaky Blinders fans, get ready! One of the aspects of the series that raised the most conversation was not only the thrilling ...

Believe it or not, Michigan — the home of ope-sayers and pop-lovers — does actually have an accent of its own. The Michigan accent is a part of a more wide-ranging regional accent called the Inland ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Boston accent, often portrayed humorously in films and television, is more than just the signature “dropped R’s,” it’s a unique and valuable lens through which to explore ...