New research from the University of Georgia shows that the Southern accent is fading. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks linguistics professor Margaret Renwick about the trend. Let's talk about accents for a ...
I’m sharing a fun accent challenge, showing how we say common words in Eastern Kentucky. I’ll go through everyday items and ...
In a fraught political and cultural climate, immigration, nativism, and belonging remain divisive points in American society and culture. Those concerns are particularly acute for both U.S.-born ...
How you can wake up with a different accent. — -- What if you woke up one day suddenly speaking with a Southern twang or French lilt or British accent? In rare cases this happens to people when a ...
Explaining how that impacted her accent, she said: "Every accent has a different lip pattern. "My family are very northern, from Yorkshire. Their lip pattern is what I was brought up with. "Naturally, ...
Let's talk about accents for a moment. RALPH BRABHAM: OK. I'm Ralph Brabham, and I'm talking with my mom. JANE BRABHAM: I'm Jane Brabham, and I was born in Greensboro, N.C. R BRABHAM: So I grew up in ...