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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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 ...

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 ...

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Not everyone in the United States speaks the same English, as a recent American Dialect quiz made very clear. In an essay originally published on her blog, Harmless Drudgery, lexicographer and Merriam ...