Support WBURUnfamiliar Accents Turn Off Humans And SongbirdsPlay03:28Download AudioJon HamiltonNovember 16, 2010 ShareSongbirds, like this male tricolored blackbird, develop regional accents in the same way humans do, researchers found. And, like humans, songbirds seem to respond better to accents they already know. (Courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)