A man has revealed his ranking of the 'sexiest accents' in the world and it has quickly gone viral on social media – however ...

In Britain, the biases people have about certain accents largely come down to class, sociolinguists say. Dr Cole, a lecturer at the University of Essex, says there is a "hierarchy of accents" in ...

Wales came top (with 38% of people saying they found it relaxing) Yorkshire came second and Cornish in third. The Cockney and Essex accents came lowest on the scale. This revelation might suggest ...

Northerners, Scottish and Irish people "excel" at detecting fake accents - to guard against outsiders, according to a new study. Cambridge University researchers found that people from Belfast ...

While Wales came top (with 38% of people saying they found it relaxing) Yorkshire came second and Cornish in third. The Cockney and Essex accents came lowest on the scale. Globally, the Italian ...