Globally, the youth literacy rate increased from 83 per cent to 91 per cent over two decades, while the number of illiterate youth declined from 170 million to 115 million. Regional and gender disparities persist, however. Literacy is lowest in least developed countries and higher among males than females.
In sociolinguistics, an accent (/ËÃ¦ksáµ»nt/ or /-Ént/) is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.
What Is Going on With the Accents in Game of Thrones? Today, we are thinking about inconsistent regional accent use in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. Like most fantasy television shows, Game of Thrones is largely populated by English actors speaking with English accents.