"Let's go!" Fans thrown by American accents, modern speech in new trailer for ancient Greece epic: "It sounds like they're outside a Starbucks." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large But you know what also ...

This is obviously a joke, I’m Filipino and picked up the accent from growing up in the Philippines. A lighthearted moment about language, identity, and cultural influence. #filipino #philippines ...

Some people can pick up new accents instantly. How do they do it? And can I learn to speak like an office worker in Cincinnati with the help of some new science? Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer, a dialect ...

The voice you hear on the other side of a call-centre interaction might soon sound a little more familiar, thanks to an AI tool that adjusts speech in real time – but not everyone thinks it’s a good ...

In 2006, when the company was still mailing DVD rentals, Netflix produced a stand-up special for a pre–The Hangover Zach Galifianakis called Live at the Purple Onion. It was more structurally and ...

A FIRST Dates star who is actually from the Midlands has revealed how a neurological disorder left her with a surprising Geordie accent. Verity Went appeared on the Channel 4 dating show where she was ...

What? You’ve never heard anyone call Odysseus “daddy” before!? With the new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey now out in the wild, one thing folks seem to be banging up against a bit is the ...

The first thing I notice in a new classroom is the way my voice sounds. Not what I say, but how I say it. The way certain vowels land, the rhythms of my sentences and the near-imperceptible ...

There’s a variety of comedy special that belongs in its own particular class: the Update Special. It’s an hour of comedy that assumes you already know who this comedian is, assumes you already care ...

GURGAON, India — For three years, Kartikeya Kumar hesitated before picking up the phone, anticipating another difficult conversation with another frustrated customer. The call center agent, now 29, ...