Welsh translation blunders making headlines Visitors to the UK are often surprised to discover that English is not the only language...

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The English West Country Accent There’s no mistaking the pleasing sound of the West Country accent. Many people find West Country speak...

English accents: Geordie The term Geordie is used to describe both the natives of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and their distinctive...

English Accents – Brummie the Birmingham Accent There are many regional accents in England. Whenever research is conducted to establish...

English Accents – Estuary Spoken by a growing number of people in the south of the country, Estuary is an English accent which is hard to...

English Dialects – Scouse Borderline incomprehensible, even to native English speakers, Scouse is surely the most distinctive accent in...

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