Indian software engineer Singh Khubbar wanted to feel more confident speaking English to clients on the telephone. Italian-Venezuelan geophysicist Maria Donati wanted to improve her pronunciation of ...

“Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It’s a rhythm thing — people who speak English where they have to hesitate and think of the right word. And I think it rubbed off.” ...

An accent’s twangs might not just affect a person’s speech — it could trim their paycheck too, according to new research. German workers with “distinctive regional accents” earned about 20 percent ...