Is the Southern accent disappearing, or are young Southerners just learning when to use it? With the rise of social media and ...

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 ...

One of the researchers who's been on the forefront of tracking the trend of the Southern accent's fade spoke to 11Alive's Dan Kennedy this week.

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 ...

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 – ...

Let’s dig deep and find out why certain names simply fall out of fashion. When you hear names like Gladys or Herbert or Doris, you probably automatically think of old people, but why is that?

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.

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 ...

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