Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.

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Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Internet sleuths have a new case to take up this morning: Millie Bobby Brown was present The Tonight Show, but her British accent was nowhere to be found. The actress ...

Surprise: some of our most well-known "American" characters are actually played by Irish actors (or British actors, or Australian actors). Irish actors often mention being "immersed" in American ...

From the musical cadence of a Southern drawl to the unique slang of the West Coast, American English encompasses a vast array of dialects English is the primary language spoken in America, but its ...

For two countries whose histories are so intertwined, the United States and England have some pretty notable distinctions. Think miles vs. kilometers, dollars vs. pounds and driving on opposite sides ...