Workers at a federal laboratory in Tennessee can talk with Southern accents to their heart’s content after managers scrapped an idea to help them “fix” their natural dialects. Last week, the Oak Ridge ...

(WSVN) - Hearing someone speak with an accent is not unusual in South Florida, so one city employee was shocked when she was told to get rid of hers. 7’s Brian Entin has our special report “War of ...

Government scientists can speak Southern after all. Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that in response to complaints from staff, it's canceling plans to hold a six-week "Southern Accent ...

The rain in Spain won’t be falling mainly on the plain after all, at least not at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Tennessee-based research facility canceled what it had billed as a “Southern accent ...

The foreign accents that charm many Americans can also be a major barrier to getting hired after graduation. In order for international students with heavy accents to improve their employment chances ...

When Xiaoyun Shen's boss asked her to take an accent reduction class she was a little flustered. "I didn't know I had a problem" said Shen a 43-year-old senior scientist at the biotech company ...

Theresa Cinotti, a clinical assistant professor at UB’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, finds accented English beautiful. An accent, she says, is something distinct and individual, a clue to a ...

NORTH BRANCH, NJ -- Raritan Valley Community College is offering a course in accent reduction. The 10-session program is being held Saturdays, September 19 to November 21, from 9 a.m. to noon. The ...

Government scientists can speak Southern after all. Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced that in response to complaints from staff, it's canceling plans to hold a six-week "Southern Accent ...