So a n accent is a varied pronunciation of a language, and also the reason an American may be reading this article for LEE-zher while a Brit may claim it to be a LEH-zher activity.

Hi, Erik Singer again, dialect coach. I'm doing a map tour of North American accents. If you missed part one, check it out here. I'm starting part two from the South. [upbeat music] [keyboard tapping] ...

If you say, I pahked my cah in Hahvahd Yahd, like some vaudeville version of a Boston accent, you are non-rhotic. If you say, I parked my car in Harvard Yard, you are being rhotic. Now you know!

Before and during the American Revolution, English people, both in England and in the colonies, mostly spoke with a rhotic accent. We don’t know much more about said accent, though.

Cornish accent is dying out because so many rich outsiders are moving to the area, language expert fears. The distinctive Cornish accent sees the 'r' sound after vowel extended as in 'car' ...

The Australian accent is non-rhotic, meaning we only pronounce the letter R when it’s followed by a vowel, whereas in rhotic accents like Irish or American, it is pronounced whenever it appears.

Free worksheet and transcript Watch Episode 3 The pronunciation of /r/ in British and American English. If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in ...

And English accents were mostly rhotic once, it’s thought, even Shakespeare’s. But then Britain, or at least the influential southeast, began a long retreat from rhoticity.

Britain is known for its wide array of unique accents, but scientists now say that there might not be long left to hear the Lancashire accent as it could vanish within the next few generations.