From Nosferatu to Schindler’s List. Gemma King, senior lecturer in French Studies and an ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies ...

Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.

By Gemma KingIn two of the biggest films released this summer, Gladiator II and Nosferatu, most actors seem to be speaking like they’re in a Shakespeare play – even though their characters are based ...

What do you imagine when you think of a British accent? If you’re imagining the refined tones of Queen Elizabeth II, the charming patter of Hugh Grant in a rom-com or the whisperings in a ...

Whether home pride came into play when the votes were cast, we don’t know. What we do know is that Hong Kong accent is often used as caricature in Western pop culture when Asians speak English. In ...

Who’s that smooth talker? Drumroll, please… It’s the Hong Kong accent, crowned the sexiest Asian English accent! We all know that not all accents are created equal. It’s like choosing between a posh ...

Some actors are so incredibly skilled at mastering different dialects that their real voices feel almost foreign to us. Whether it's a British actor pulling off a flawless American accent, an ...

Sheriff Matt Treglia’s identification of undocumented aliens as persons who “can’t speak English” “standing in line at Western Union at Walmart” or “standing in line at the license bureau” is ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge played recordings of men with various British accents to people from all over the UK, and asked them to rate them for their crime-committing potential.