Workers at a federal laboratory in Tennessee can talk with Southern accents to their heart’s content after managers scrapped an idea to help them “fix” their natural dialects. Last week, the Oak Ridge ...

The foreign accents that charm many Americans can also be a major barrier to getting hired after graduation. In order for international students with heavy accents to improve their employment chances ...

(WSVN) - Hearing someone speak with an accent is not unusual in South Florida, so one city employee was shocked when she was told to get rid of hers. 7’s Brian Entin has our special report “War of ...

When Xiaoyun Shen's boss asked her to take an accent reduction class she was a little flustered. "I didn't know I had a problem" said Shen a 43-year-old senior scientist at the biotech company ...

Theresa Cinotti, a clinical assistant professor at UB’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, finds accented English beautiful. An accent, she says, is something distinct and individual, a clue to a ...

Government scientists can speak Southern after all. Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that in response to complaints from staff, it's canceling plans to hold a six-week "Southern Accent ...

Sitting across from his teacher, Edgar Martinez repeated the word he couldn’t quite pronounce: “situation.” “Sit-oo-a-shun,” he said. “What happens with the tu?” asked the teacher, Lisa Mojsin, hired ...