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Meta-analysis reveals having a dialect or accent may disadvantage applicants in recruitment...
Phys.org· 6 days agoPeople who speak a regional dialect or who have an accent may be at a disadvantage in personnel...
It’s a rare historical novelist who truly respects the past
Daily Telegraph· 6 hours agoAlways impeccably researched, his novels first make you obsess about the time period, then marvel at...
How Xavier Legette overcame loss of his parents to become the Panthers’ first-rounder
The State via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoHe signed with South Carolina on Dec. 21, 2018. Three months later, he called his grandma early in...
Want real home cooking? Go to Mom's Restaurant. Any of them
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAs in Meemom's — three restaurants of that name, doing business in Wall, Middletown and Brick....
Conan O'Brien goes full Irish for soap opera
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThere were challenges, however. Kevin is responsible for ensuring the Irish spoken on the show stays consistent and correct to the script, which can be tricky given all the various Irish < ...
Walton Goggins Elevates It
Vulture· 6 days agoThere are few modern actors as purely watchable as Walton Goggins, a performer who is capable of both relishing in lowbrow material and elevating it with...
8 Famous 'Harry Potter' Spells and Their Real-life Origins
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSomething that makes the "Harry Potter" books fun to read for adults — not just kids — is author J. K. Rowling's use of wordplay. Names are often literary references or jokes, and many of the ...
What it’s really like to live in Macao
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMarina Fernandes agrees. She is an eighth generation Macanese, from one of the oldest families on the island. Like a shrinking number of people in her...
iOS 17.5 Is Almost Here, but Don't Miss These iOS 17.4 Features
CNET· 5 days agoApple is expected to release iOS 17.5 to the general public in the coming weeks, but don't forget to...
The genius of Cowboy Carter is Beyoncé’s accent – a musicologist explains
The Conversation· 1 day agoCowboy Carter, the latest album from Beyoncé, has sparked widespread debate about the genre of “country music”. As a musicologist, I am fascinated with the construction of genres. For example ...
