The wide variety of accents and dialects that characterise the different regions of Britain are in decline, according to new research from Cambridge, which shows that we're all talking in a generic ...

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What’s the difference between a language and a dialect? Is there some kind of technical distinction, the way there is between a quasar and a pulsar, or between a rabbit and a hare? Faced with the ...

Finally, a map that explains the complex reasons you're probably not pronouncing "chowder" right, and why we should all start saying "y'all." The below map, created by Long Island University reference ...

Yakov Pichkar receives funding from the John Templeton Foundation (grant no. 62187). Nicole Creanza receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Different ...

The US surprisingly does not have an official language like many other countries around the world. English and Spanish are the most commonly spoken in America, with 91.6 per cent of the population ...