We all need to learn how to place trust in others. It’s easy to be misled. Someone who doesn’t deserve trust can appear a lot ...

In the mid-20 th century, the Inland North accent was affected by what’s called the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, which changed the way certain vowel sounds are pronounced unbeknownst to the ...

The Power of Accents surveyed 2,002 U.S. residents, aged 18 and older, to explore which regional and international accents Americans find the most friendly, trustworthy and persuasive.

In a standard American English accent, cot and caught would be pronounced the same, but to someone with a Michigan or Inland North accent, the two spoken words sound completely different. Sneller ...

Videotaped proceedings from the 1986 Constitutional Convention are available online thanks to the Rhode Island State Archives, and contain a treasure trove of accents. Here's the late Raymond ...

Chinese Influence in the Middle East Comes With a Local Accent. ... “You will not find China pointing the finger and saying ‘more human rights, less human rights, more business openness. ...

Your accent becomes a bridge to opportunities for cross-cultural collaborations, partnerships, and friendships that might not have occurred otherwise. Speaking other languages helps your brain ...

Local Accents Give You a Sense of Place Barbara Johnstone is a professor of rhetoric and linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of " Speaking Pittsburghese: The Story of a Dialect ." ...

LAS VEGAS – Two independent retailers capitalizing on consumers’ need to experience product in person shared their strategies – and challenges – during a panel at Las Vegas Market. The two Retail ...

Do you have a strong Rhode Island accent? We want to hear it. For an upcoming story, The Providence Journal is putting together a compilation of notable local accents. If you'd like to participate ...