Of all the accents in the world, none are as special as a Southern accent. A good Southern accent has an unmistakably delightful melody that’s as true to our region as the sound of cicadas calling on ...

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 ...

Bid farewell to the Southern twang. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But Georgians are high-tailing away from that grits-and-gravy drawl faster than a scalded dog. A collaborative study between ...

Although it may not seem like it when you’re talking to your grandparents, or me for that matter, but the classic Southern drawl is fading fast, especially in Georgia, Consumer site Word Finder asked ...

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, ...

ATLANTA, GA (Associated Press) - 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 ...

If you thought Reese Witherspoon’s Tennessee accent was spot-on as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line,” you were right – she grew up in Nashville. Actors often work hard to lose Southern accents – ...

On Sundays after church, my family would pile into our crank-window GMC truck and head to Kentucky Fried Chicken. “Can I get me some of them tater wedges?” my father would say into the speaker, while ...

In a recently published study, linguists at the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Brigham Young University reported that white Georgians seem to be losing their classic Southern accent.

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