From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research ...

Accents are like personality quirks—they make us unique, spark conversations, and sometimes, let’s be real, drive people up the wall. In the U.S., our regional accents are as diverse as our landscapes ...

In this week’s episode, we took on the mystery of the “Boston movie”—a cinematic subgenre whose appeal is closely tied to the distinctive Boston accent. We invited Boston University linguist Dr.

Good morning. I’m Dave Beard, the editor of this newsletter. A bad Boston accent has ruined so many movies, but is the ...