The rise of social media platforms such as TikTok have made seemingly “unsexy” accents the hottest new trend. The increased ...

I'm shocking at grammar. I use kisses as full stops, I've got a dodgy Brummie accent, I'm a big girl and I'm care experienced; there were just so many things I never thought I'd be able to do ...

The Brummie lilt has had a hard time over the years - but times may be changing. Because a new academic study of regional accents only ranks Brummie mid-table in a focus on the national's most ...

It also signals potential for positive change in the future regarding social perceptions based on a persons accent. Academics recently found the 'Brummie monotone' to be the least respected ...

Felicity Jones was "embarrassed" by her family's accent growing up. Although the 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' actress grew up in Birmingham, she never adopted a strong Brummie accent and has ...

The Brummie accent (from Birmingham), which was deemed to sound the most likely to be criminal in a similar 1997 study, came out better in this research compared to Bradford, Bristol, Liverpool ...

The dialect that was voted least pleasing to the ear is the Birmingham or 'Brummie' accent which scored -53 (the difference between the percentage who liked the accent and those who didn't).