Southern accents have nuances to them. Here, a linguist explains how they came to be and what the key differences are.

The U.S. has dozens of distinct regional accents reflecting not just place, but also race and ancestry. For example, the New Yorker accent is one of the most visible regional accents in American ...

Regional English accents are dying out because children are picking up American phrases from TikTok, Netflix and Disney, author Nicola Chester has warned Countryfile Magazine.

Throughout New England, and all over the country, a strong regional accent is increasingly a marker of age. Think about it: How many people do you know with a Rhode Island accent who are under 40?

That dialect, which also was detected in Canada, has become a pan-regional accent as it has spread to other parts of the U.S., including Boston, New York and Michigan, contributing to the ...

The Southern accent, which has many variations, is fading in some areas of the South as people migrate to the region.

The accent is distinct from other regional accents in the South and often described as sounding as much like Brooklynese as Southern.

If you use certain regional words, phrases or pronunciations, we can probably guess where you spent your childhood. But linguistic change is afoot! In fact, some regional accents may even be on ...

The stereotypical broadcast voice, which lacks a regional accent, is a holdover from newscasts of the 1970s and 1980s, experts told Insider.

Depending on where someone lives, developing a regional accent is unavoidable. Yet despite the fact that an accent has nothing to do with a person's workplace aptitude, many fear it could cost them a ...

They’re smooth talkers. These accents are the most attractive in America — and shockingly, Long Island and Staten Island made the Top 10. The Cajun accent was crowned the most attractive in ...