Why Do Cartoon Villains Speak in Foreign Accents? Children’s shows often use non-standard dialects to voice the "bad guys," sending a dangerous message to kids about diversity.

The cartoon depicts character Peppa and her family in a fictional British town filled with other animal families. It first aired in 2004 and is popular both in the UK and the US.

The Denver Post has sunk to an intolerable low with its political cartoon about Melania Trump. It is utterly stunning that you would deliberately make fun of her accent.

American kids adopt English accents thanks to British cartoon 'Peppa Pig' Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Apparently "Peppa Pig" was favorite for kids during the pandemic with many binge watching the ...

Today is this little man's birthday! It's officially ends the "we have babies at home" era Best thing that Noah does these days is speak in a British accent b/c of Peppa Pig. 2 days ago, he came ...

Sociolinguist Calvin Gidney, who studied language patterns in animated kids’ entertainment with Tufts professor Julie Dobrow, explained to The Atlantic that while the foreign accents in films ...

The producers of Bluey, one of Australia's most popular children's cartoons, have refused requests to replace the Australian accents for overseas markets. Bluey is one of the most popular shows ...

And comparisons to a classic cartoon character were inevitable. "Kamala Harris turned into Foghorn Leghorn," one conservative social media user commenter wrote in post on X.

This isn’t the first time researchers have explored how foreign accents affect perception of people and events. In 2009, for instance, psychologist Katherine Kinzler and her colleagues at ...

Her speech was fiery, however many who watched her speech noted an accent emerge. “You better thank a union member for the five-day work week,” Harris told the crowd with a noticeable shift in ...