Americans find this regional accent to be the sexiest — and everyone better get their hearing checked

Talk about pillow talk. A new survey ranking the sexiest American accents suggests the fastest way to someone’s heart might ...

Is the GA Southern drawl a dying accent? Here’s what a new study has found

Although it may not seem like it when you’re talking to your grandparents, or me for that matter, but the classic Southern ...
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Embrace The Southern Drawl: Country Accents Are “Most Attractive” In America, According To New Poll

Country music – and country accents – are having a moment. The southern drawl is the accent mimicked by many, but perfected ...
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The Fading Southern Accent: How Culture, Race, and Change Are Rewriting the South | WATCH

*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 ...
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Are Southern accents disappearing? Linguists say yes

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 ...
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How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides

One popular theory dates back to the American Civil War. Before the Civil War, the South did not have nearly as much linguistic variation as it does today. Back then, the Southern accent was heavily ...
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Georgia's classic Southern accent may be fading away, study finds

Georgia's classic Southern accent may be quickly fading into history, A new study from the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech's linguistics departments has identified what professors call a "rapid ...