I tried to learn to speak like an office worker in Cincinnati – what can the science of accents reveal to make it easier?

Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.

Is there such a thing as an Asian American accent? Nobody can quite nail it down — or agree whether it exists — but apparently you know it when you hear it. Adam Aleksic, 23, a Serbian American ...