If you’ve watched Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” (or really any show that’s set in France), you’ve probably wondered how the actors have mastered their French accents—especially the ones who are faking it ...

Language in fiction can be tricky to pull off. Is it worth being authentic if your audience is going to complain about reading subtitles? Can their suspension of disbelief handle the fact that ...

Accents in written French aren't just weird squiggles that can be ignored - they give you vital clues on the word's pronunciation and sometimes even change its meaning. It can seem unfair, when in a ...

LONDON—A woman from a village in southwestern England says that a severe migraine attack left her speaking with what sounds like a French accent — a striking example of a rare syndrome that ...

In most languages, including English, vowels that occur next to nasal consonants (m, n, and ng in English) are produced as slightly or entirely nasal. I saw this as phonetically interesting. In my ...

A 21-year-old Jersey athlete says he is determined to make a full recovery after a stroke left him speaking with a French accent. Jack Allan was sparring in mixed martial arts at university in the UK ...

If you watch gameplay and cutscenes of Assassin's Creed Unity you'll notice something quite odd. Despite taking place in France and all the characters being French, no French accents are used. Instead ...