In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter “r.” Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans have long worried about losing their distinctive twang.

Google Translate is testing a new AI-powered pronunciation training mode that lets users practice speaking and receive ...

George Clooney, Meryl Streep and other voice actors had to be persuaded, but a new PBS documentary (mostly) leads by example in stressing the first syllable.

You’ve likely heard the words “Standard American English,” for describing certain accents that lack distinguishing sounds. Well, apparently, that's not real. Every single American has an accent. For ...

The highly mimicked, oft-mocked Boston accent populates some of the industry’s most iconic films and TV shows with its non-rhotic (r-dropping) pronunciation, highly particular slang, and gravelly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman in Australia who suddenly acquired an Irish accent after undergoing tonsil surgery last year said pronouncing words ...

Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Speech is not monolithic. And while we may try to standardize language and pronunciation, dialects and accents often differ across entire regions, and even from city to city. A map of ...