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

By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns.

*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 ...

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 ...

If you say the word "rat" aloud, does it sound like you're talking about the rodent or the opposite of left? If you say "far," are you talking about a blaze or a distance? Your answer might be the ...