When a funeral planning business recently decided to open its new contact centre in Newport, South Wales, it said it was doing so because Welsh accents sounded more empathetic and consoling – beating ...

Axiom Audio, a world leader in quality loudspeaker manufacturing, today announced the debut of the Axiom Accent, a decor-friendly group of five identical M0 on-wall satellite mini-speakers plus a ...

Some of us will speak with a posher voice if we think it will make the right impression, but is it worth it? Accents are more than just about how we speak, writes Chi Luu. They say you should always ...

Science fiction used to sometimes suggest that, as broadcast took over, we would hear less and less distinction in accents. Today though, there is of course not just one “American accent” but several, ...