Last year, the British Library began the "Save our Sounds" project, with the aim of accelerating the digitisation of millions upon millions of lost audio recordings held in its vast archive. The ...

The rock bands on this list are all British, but they all sound American. While no one will confuse Gavin Rossdale, Joe Elliott, or Mick Jagger with a Yankee, they each front groups with a distinctly ...

It’s long been established that it doesn’t matter what kind of horrible trash comes out of people’s landfill mouths, as long as it comes out in a British accent. We colonials are suckers for the ...

Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English. By Ben Yagoda. Princeton University Press; 288 pages; $24.95 and £20 British intellectuals enjoy bewailing the influx of Americanisms into the ...

PHILADELPHIA – They call it “laying in the cut.” It’s old-school hipster talk for finding your groove and staying deep within it, whether it’s in life, music, or, in the original street definition, ...

Americans hold on to a lot of stereotypes about British people. Not all British people sound like the Queen when they talk. People who live in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester are generally ...

“Accent by itself is a shallow measure of language proficiency, the linguistic equivalent of judging people by their looks. Instead, we should become aware of our linguistic biases and learn to listen ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. British doll Sindy could be following in Barbie's footsteps and getting her own movie… but we're ...

Though they technically are the same language, British English and American English have scores of differences—from the small, like the extra “U” in “colour,” to the large, like the very different ...

In 2022, British R&B group FLO released their debut single, Cardboard Box, quickly becoming a viral sensation. It’s an anthem for anyone who’s been wronged by a cheating ex and the song marked a ...

Rob Pensalfini has received funding from a variety of bodies including the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Queensland, the Brisbane City Council, and the Australian Research Council. He is ...