Irish traveller sisters reveal they have to disguise their accents to get into restaurants

A pair of Irish traveller sisters have revealed they put on posh voices to disguise their accents when booking restaurants to stop from being turned away. Caitlin Mac, 20, and younger sister Lizzie, 18, from St Albans, have racked up 152,000 followers on TikTok after posting clips sharing an insight into life as an Irish traveller … Read more

Lisa Vanderpump accents a chic black dress with her signature shade of pink at Neiman Marcus

Lisa Vanderpump accents a chic black dress with her signature shade of pink while hitting up Neiman Marcus for a little retail therapy By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 04:35 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 06:40 BST, 8 April 2021 Lisa Vanderpump is known for wearing her signature shades of pink but opted for … Read more

Kylie Jenner takes a fashion risk in a biker jacket with bright green accents and futuristic shades

Kylie Jenner takes a fashion risk in a chic motorcycle jacket with electric green accents and futuristic shades By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 20:31 GMT, 8 November 2020 | Updated: 20:32 GMT, 8 November 2020 Kylie Jenner has cemented herself as a bona fide style icon with her bold fashion choices over the years. … Read more

Why Australian 5 Seconds Of Summer rockers purposely morph their accents

REVEALED: Why Australian 5 Seconds of Summer rockers purposely morph their sound with varying American twangs to form a hybrid accent By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:06 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 06:36 BST, 30 September 2020 Aussie band 5 Seconds of Summer have been criticised in the past for their strong American, and … Read more

The best and worst Australian accents in Hollywood films REVEALED

The Australian accent is notoriously difficult for non-native speakers to perfect. So it’s no surprise that many A-list actors have struggled to conquered the Down Under dialect on-screen.   On Monday, KIIS FM’s Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson looked back at some of the most impressive – and embarrassing – attempts at an Australian by actors … Read more

Tropical bird communicates with wing flutters and has ‘TWO accents’

Tropical bird communicates by fluttering its feathers in different ‘dialects’ – and will only mate with those that have the same accent Tiny Fork-tailed Flycatchers weigh just one ounce and are black-and-grey   But these diminutive birds also have very long flight feathers at the back  These rustle together to make noises and allows the birds to … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Goodness gracious me: why the Peter Sellers accents?

A Suitable Boy Sunday, BBC1  Rating: Prodigal Son Tuesday, Sky One Rating: A Suitable Boy is the BBC’s much-anticipated adaptation of Vikram Seth’s 1,349-page, 592,552-word novel, which is one of those big books I always said I’d read but never have. (I have, as it happens, quite a long list of big books I always … Read more

Northern accents ‘are becoming more similar’

Machines believe most Northerners sound alike irrespective of their hometown, a study has found.  A piece of research from the University of Manchester looked at the similarity of accents across the North of England and how distinguishable they are.  It found that apart from the most recognisable twangs — Geordies and Scousers — the voices … Read more

5SOS’ Luke Hemmings and Ashton Irwin shock fans with their changing accents during a TV interview

The boys from 5 Seconds of Summer have previously been accused by fans of putting on ‘fake American accents.’ And during an interview on the Today show on Wednesday, Luke Hemmings and Ashton Irwin shocked with their changing twangs.  The duo took part in a recorded video call with entertainment reporter Brooke Boney from their … Read more