Fascinating and often challenging verbal workouts, tongue twisters are features of many languages. Tongue twisters certainly raise smiles...

All about spoonerisms Sometimes your brain can get way ahead of your mouth. When your tongue and mouth are struggling to keep up with...

Is it wrong to pull out all the glottal stops? People will always be judged by the way they speak. In Britain, the language police are...

Iconic Mountains: What’s in a Name? We have previously discussed how English has progressively become the world’s lingua franca. The use...

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

English is a very difficult language to master. So difficult that most native speakers struggle to remain grammatically correct or to...

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