The researchers suggest that the accents of speakers from Belfast, Glasgow, Dublin and North East England have culturally evolved over the past several centuries. Study author Dr Jonathan R ...

Dr Cole, a lecturer at the University of Essex, says there is a "hierarchy of accents" in the UK, with accents from industrialised urban areas like Glasgow and Birmingham often seen as low status.

Residents of Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and northeast England are better at detecting fake regional accents than Londoners and people from other points south, a study published in the journal ...

A new survey has revealed what people think are the "friendliest" and "most relaxing" accents in the UK — and Geordie surely isn't high enough on the list. More than 1,500 people were asked ...

New research published in the journal Frontiers in Communication has taken this one step further after analysing certain UK accents and the behaviours often associated with them. The results ...

A new survey has revealed what people think are the "friendliest" and "most relaxing" accents in the UK — and "Welsh" comes out top in both. Viewers of the new series of The Traitors on the BBC ...