I tried to learn to speak like an office worker in Cincinnati – what can the science of accents reveal to make it easier?

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Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The days are over when Google Translate could only provide spoken translations with an American accent. The latest iOS version adds regional accents from the former British ...