The British Library is tracking how pronunciation is changing in Britain, using of all things the Mr Men book, Mr Tickle.  Volunteers are being asked to record a chapter from a Mr Man book to see how certain words and accents are changing. The library wants as many people as possible to record the opening […]

German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb. The researchers studied the cries of 60 healthy babies born to families speaking French and German. The French newborns cried with a rising "accent" while the German babies' cries had a falling inflection. Source: BBC News […]

A survey by Bury Technologies has found that more than one-third of employees have changed their accent in order to impress their boss and improve their career prospects. The Queen's English came out top in terms of being the easiest to understand and the most professional, whilst Liverpudlian, Mancunian and Midlands accents came out bottom. […]

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Australians who sound like crocodile hunter Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan could soon be a thing of the past. Research shows the nasal Australian twang -- exemplified by the late Irwin and the character Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee -- will be phased out within a few decades as […]