By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns.

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 ...

Ever since I moved to the U.S., many people have told me that I have an accent. A girl in my fifth-grade math class said “You sound weird.” My AP English teacher asked me “You are not from here, right ...

Americans consider the Southern accent to be the friendliest in the country, according to a new study. More than one in three people find the Southern twang — found in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, ...

These are just a few gasps I uttered after learning that the Southern accent was slowly disappearing. Bless those evildoers’ hearts; they don't understand that such a tragedy must not occur. Y’all can ...

The Big Apple boasts the most confident sounding accents in the US, a recent study found. The unique tone, marked by dropped “R”s, shifted vowels (like coffee becoming “caw-fee”) and tough talk — ...

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 ...

“Oh no!!!!!” “Hush your mouth!" "No way!!" "Against my religion!" "Who do I call?" These are just a few gasps I uttered after learning that the Southern accent was slowly disappearing. Bless those ...