Study finds rhotic speech that survives in pocket of east Lancashire around Blackburn becoming less common One of the most distinctive accents in the north of England could be about to disappear, a ...

Historically hundreds of years ago, people throughout England used to pronounce strong 'r's. But now, say Lancaster University researchers, these strong 'r's are definitely dying out. And the evidence ...

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...

The U.S. has dozens of distinct regional accents reflecting not just place, but also race and ancestry. But these days, the world isn't as regionally confined as it used to be: Media comes from all ...