While Southern Irish topped the table, closely followed by the Received Pronunciation ... unique vowel play, the appeal of the Glasgow brogue lies in its distinctiveness. The Highlands accent ...

“Vowels carry a lot of accents. So what’s actually happened is her brain has sort of created a change in the way her vowels sound and we as listeners match that to something we’re familiar ...

I feel people think I play similar characters if they have northern accents. If I had an RP accent, I wonder whether they would? Chelsea was originally American but she now has your accent.

“Americans often listen to vowels to judge how much of an accent someone has,” Campbell-Kibler said. For example, some people may pronounce “pen” so that it sounds to others like they are ...

In terms of overall criminality, the authors found the RP accent was perceived as the least likely to behave in criminal ways, while the Liverpool and Bradford accents were the most likely.

If Portman felt her breath, it meant she was saying the words in an Israeli accent — or something close ... Riskin and Portman practiced daily, covering vowels, consonants, syllable emphasis ...