A British Library project preserves words used in different parts of the country. How many of them can you recognise? Have you ever been called mardy, been mithered, complained of someone being nesh, ...

Daljit Nagra selects a highlight about East Lincolnshire from the BBC's poetry archive.

If it is hard for you to understand the difference between a language and a dialect-consider this. Dialects are the siblings of a family known as Language. With common surnames and even some physical ...

Philadelphia’s accent is unmistakable, and it’s often a source of pride among residents. What if you understood it better? Would you want to know what makes a Philly accent work the way it does? One ...

As an actor, working privately with a professional dialect coach can be the most rapid, reliable, trouble-free method for mastering an accent, and there’s no disputing that the addition of a key ...

A new book on American English in the Midwest makes Chicago seem exotic. It’s certainly not the title: “Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at `Heartland’ English” (John ...

Much like many industry professionals, Pamela Vanderway first wanted to be an actor, but over the course of her training, a new passion surfaced. “I loved the process of acting, I love what actors do, ...

Actor Faiz Mohammad Khan celebrates his dual role in Dhurandhar as both actor and dialect coach. His work, focusing on ...