Yae cannae kid a Geordie or a Scot with a fake accent. They’re far too canny, according to a study. The Irish and those from the north of England are far better at spotting interlopers imitating ...

Listeners were tasked with identifying whether the accents were genuine or fake. The study found that those from the North East, Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland were able to detect fake ...

When put to the test, people from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and northeastern England appear to be better at detecting a person’s accent than those who live in the more southern regions of London ...

Northern Ireland, Scotland, and northeastern England were better at identifying mimicked native accents than participants from farther south. The team’s research is published today in ...

The ability of study participants from Scotland, the north-east of England, Ireland and Northern Ireland to tell whether short recordings of their native accent were real or fake ranged from ...

The on screen version is played by American actor Kaitlyn Dever, who is pulling off a pretty decent Australian accent, a notoriously difficult twang for outsiders, especially Americans. Only a handful ...

“The entire sketch was [us] putting items into a suitcase and then zipping it closed. And then we would say, [in Australian accents] ‘All right. Here we go. Off to New Zealand!’” This isn’t the first ...

Freezing weather conditions are likely to grip the UK once again with the latest weather maps predicting yet another round of snow across the country. As the country waits for snow to fall, with ...

Up to 600 Japanese troops will begin annual rotations through northern Australia under a significant upgrade to regional military ties. Most-watched Netflix series racks up 8.6 million views in ...

How a whisky blender, chocolate maker, and multidisciplinary artist helped Lavazza pinpoint the flavours that light up Australian palates. Coffee is the lifeblood of Australia: keeping its cities ...

The Southern ... The map above shows that eastern Australia is not the only part of the country that’s expecting substantial rain in the coming week. In addition to the positive SAM, above average sea ...