The internet appears to be causing young people to lose their southern drawl — and our unique regional accents aren’t the ...

Southern accents have nuances to them. Here, a linguist explains how they came to be and what the key differences are. Beth Gwinn/Getty Images There isn't one thing that makes a Southern accent. The ...

Accents are like personality quirks—they make us unique, spark conversations, and sometimes, let’s be real, drive people up the wall. In the U.S., our regional accents are as diverse as our landscapes ...

The U.S. has dozens of distinct regional accents reflecting not just place, but also race and ancestry. But these days, the world isn't as regionally confined as it used to be: Media comes from all ...

ATLANTA — Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine's visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and ...

When a person hears someone talk, it usually doesn’t take long for them to key in on that person’s accent. In just a few syllables, the person who is listening might already be forming assumptions ...

Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 ...

Depending on where someone lives, developing a regional accent is unavoidable. Yet despite the fact that an accent has nothing to do with a person's workplace aptitude, many fear it could cost them a ...

I have a confession to make. My name is Harry Enten, and I am a millennial who sounds like a 75-year-old Jewish man. In fact, a lot of people assume I have stepped out of a time machine. Other WRAL ...

Regional accents help All 88 children who participated in the study were German speakers, some of them bilingual or multilingual. The researchers also asked how often per week each child hears ...

A viral clip showed a journalist slipping from her "broadcast voice" to her natural Boston accent. The typical broadcast speech pattern, which lacks a regional accent, is a holdover from the 1970s. An ...

Many well-known actors use accent reduction to cast more movie roles. And sometimes even the most attentive film-watchers take them as born and bred United States citizens.