What sounds like a bizarre dream was a frightening reality for one confused Brit. An English mom-of-two named Zoe Coles, 36, said one morning she woke up with a Welsh accent despite never visiting the ...

When adults speak a second language, you can oftentimes tell. Usually, it’s from what’s coming out of their mouth. But ...

Imagine that you invite a friend, a non-native speaker of your own language, round for dinner. While cooking, you get distracted and the food ends up burnt to a crisp. Once the smoke detector stops ...

Contrary to general belief, most bilinguals have an accent in one of their languages. In a first post, I discussed this longstanding myth and examined such aspects as the no accent age limit (it is ...

Shiri Lev-Ari is a lecturer in Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London. This story originally featured on The Conversation. If someone asked you to read this text aloud in a French accent or ...

The man was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer when he started talking with an Irish accent. Robina Weermeijer via Unsplash An American man suddenly started talking with an Irish accent during ...

Former nurse Amy Hobbs has been diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome which caused her to speak in first a Jamaican and then Irish accent after suffering a stroke and a spinal cord injury. A former ...

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Many may know brain injuries can cause all kinds of challenges. A rare condition is called Foreign Accent Syndrome. Amy Hobbs, a former nurse in Fairfax is ...