Jan Leeming has suggested that she no longer gets work because of her “RP” accent. The former BBC newsreader joked that she doesn’t “tick” modern boxes because she speaks in received pronunciation (RP ...

Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.

With viewers criticizing Denzel Washington’s American accent in the “Gladiator 2” trailer, we explore why the Received Pronunciation (RP) English accent is still so entrenched in Hollywood historical ...

Linguist Valerie Fridland debunks perceptions around accents that still shape what counts as “proper” speech and what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amol Rajan, who has recently stepped down as a presenter on the Today programme, spoke with a strong South London accent - ...