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Sperm whales develop two distinct dialects

Off the Mediterranean coast, sperm whales are divided into two distinct groups. Their point of divergence? Their way of ...
EURweb

David Oyelowo Apologizes After ‘Subservience’ Comments About Black Southern Dialect Spark Backlash

The Nigerian-British actor, best known for portraying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in “Selma,” found himself under fire after appearing on the One54 Africa podcast, where he weighed in on the ongoing ...
The Grio

David Oyelowo faces backlash after comments about Southern Black dialect add fuel to Druski debate

David Oyelowo’s response to Druski’s viral Black British actors skit is still making the rounds on social media. But now, the conversation has taken a sharper turn. What started as a debate about ...
The Grio

‘Careless and wrong’: David Oyelowo apologizes for comments about southern Black dialects

David Oyelowo is walking back inflammatory statements he made regarding a popular Druski sketch regarding British actors, dialects and more. In a statement posted to Instagram, the Golden ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...
Gizmodo

Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger

If you think of something to say and say it, that could never be AI slop, right? In theory, all organically grown utterances and snippets of text are safe from that label. But our shared linguistic ...
The Atlantic

Why Taylor Swift’s Accent Has Changed

The lore has by now been recounted many a time: In 2004, Scott and Andrea Swift moved from central Pennsylvania to Nashville so that their 14-year-old daughter, Taylor, could pursue a career in ...
The New Yorker

What Did Men Do to Deserve This?

Bald, white, and jacked, Scott Galloway is an action figure of the tech-and-finance overclass. He’s an angel investor, a best-selling author, and a personal-finance guru. He podcasts constantly: his ...
Variety

‘Task’ Dialect Coach on Getting the Cast to Make Those Very Specific Pennsylvania Sounds: ‘It’s Such a Strange Accent’

Throughout “Task,” the seven-episode crime thriller that concluded on HBO on Oct. 19, viewers were re-introduced to the specific Delaware County, Pa. accent that they’d perhaps first heard in HBO’s ...
LAist

How Taylor Swift's accent and dialect have changed throughout her eras

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Over the past two decades, Taylor ...
Phys.org

Tracking the evolution of Taylor Swift's dialect offers a glimpse into the shifting nature of speech patterns

Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop singers in history, influencing millions of fans with her music. Thanks to years of recorded interviews, she is also influencing how we understand the ways that ...