There might not be long left to hear one of Britain's most distinctive accents. Celebrities like Eric Morecambe, Jane Horrocks, and Jim Bowen made the Lancashire accent famous, but scientists say it ...

The Cornish accent made famous by TV drama Poldark is dying out as wealthy newcomers move to the county, an expert has warned. The distinctive accent, which sees the 'r' sound after a vowel extended ...

Study finds people have stopped using the rhotic R for several hundred years, with it now becoming associated with rural living Joe Pinkstone joined The Telegraph in 2021. He is recognised for making ...

Historically hundreds of years ago, people throughout England used to pronounce strong 'r's. But now, say Lancaster University researchers, these strong 'r's are definitely dying out. And the evidence ...

Never mind the great scone divide, which we were discussing here yesterday. The most profound disagreement about pronunciation in the English language still hinges, as it has for centuries, on the ...

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...

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