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 ...

Sometimes I look at my husband and think, "I really don't remember what you just said." Is that because of his charming European accent, or because hey, we're married? Don't leap to blame the accent, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I have been learning the English language for 15 years now. I have improved from learning vowels ...

Imagine waking up one ordinary morning, feeling perfectly normal, only to discover that the very sound of your voice has been utterly transformed. It’s a scenario so surreal, so profoundly ...

It sounds like something from a medical TV drama like “Grey’s Anatomy,” but last week a story began trending about a teenage native English speaker who woke up from a coma with a new ability to speak ...

If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic environment, then it is easier for them to learn new words from ...

CLARIFICATION: In a news release sent Tuesday, Nov. 18, the patient diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome was identified as Tiffany Noell. The University of Central Florida learned late Tuesday night ...

It’s time for a break from COVID columns. A new case of a rare syndrome called foreign accent syndrome (FAS) was recently reported in various news services. It was experienced by a 28-year-old ...