If you were told there is a medical condition that can change your accent, would you believe it? Believe it or not, there is ...

Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a rare condition in which individuals abruptly develop speech patterns perceived as non-native, despite retaining their native language and lexicon. The syndrome can ...

Those with native accents are often unaware of the pervasive bias that those with perceived foreign accents experience. A new study from Sutton Trust indicates that accent discrimination is still a ...

Thomas Mulligan investigates the medical mystery of Foreign Accent Syndrome, a peculiar condition where neurological trauma ...

The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It's tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that ...

Even one of the UK’s most famous couples isn’t free from accent discrimination. Bakounine / Shutterstock Accentism – discriminating against someone because of their accent – has a long history in the ...

Can your accent make you sound aggressive? Exeter City football manager Gary Caldwell thinks so – he blamed his Scottish accent for his being sent off the pitch for the second time this season. After ...