From the approachable Geordie twang to the instantly recognisable Edinburgh lilt, the UK is home to some of the most distinctive accents in the world. Now, a report has revealed exactly which ...

One of the most weird and wonderful things about the UK is its ratio of accents-per-square-mile. No matter where you are, all you need to do is drive about 15 minutes in any given direction and ...

Tinder has ranked the top 10 sexiest accents in the UK – and London doesn’t even make it in the top 10. The year is coming to an end and Tinder’s answer to Spotify Wrapped, Year in Swipe ...

all in the northern areas of the UK and Ireland, were remarkably better at detecting fake accents than people from the southern UK. For their experiment, researchers gathered 50 participants to ...

In a further phase of the study, researchers recruited more than 900 people from the UK and Ireland to listen to recordings and determine if the accents were mimicked or not. The ability of study ...

which might make them less attuned to a fake accent. “The UK is a really interesting place to study,” Goodman said. “The linguistic diversity and cultural history is so rich and you have so ...