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.

The American accents in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey have a lot to tell us about power.

Why is it that when Americans — well, at least this American — hears a British accent, we think they’re smart, but the opposite, I’m sure, does not hold true? And not all British accents, mind you. I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the high seas and the foggy streets of London, some of Hollywood's biggest American stars have stunned audiences by ...

There are people in your life you believed completely the first time you met them. Not because they said anything particularly wise, not because they had a resume you’d vetted, but because of the way ...

Julia Schlaepfer plays Alexandra in 1923. Her character is a beautiful British woman from a powerful and wealthy family. Alex leaves all that behind to run away with Spencer Dutton, but she, of course ...

You like tomato and I like tomahto. I thought my 2½ year old daughter could not get any cuter until I heard her talking in a British accent. “My toy is so boooring” she exclaimed doing her best ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She created a montage of her son's pretty convincing English accent. It seemed to affect his speech whenever he asked a question.