ATLANTA — It's a subject that comes up from time to time and can cause both deep discussion and great consternation around the South: The region's iconic accent is fixin' to disappear. Most recently, ...

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 ...

*In 2025, new research confirms what many Southerners have long suspected: the classic Southern accent is fading, especially in major cities like Atlanta, New Orleans, and Raleigh. Studies from the ...

In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter “r.” Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans have long worried about losing their distinctive twang.

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

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.

Young white Georgians are losing the accent associated with their grandparents, a new study found. These Gen Zers are adopting speech patterns more closely associated with "California English." ...

In the 19 years since she released her first song, Taylor Swift's music been through several transitions, changing from country, to pop, to indie folk, and almost every genre in between. Now, a study ...