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 ...

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 ...
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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 by few. Travel to any part of the south and you'll be greeted with more ...
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Georgia’s Southern Drawl Is Fading Among Young People, Study Finds

In the American South, a linguistic transformation is quietly unfolding. The iconic Southern drawl is gradually fading among younger generations in Georgia, despite its long association with the state ...
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The last days of the Southern drawl

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. On Sundays after church, my family would pile into our crank-window GMC truck and head to Kentucky Fried ...
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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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Did 'White Lotus' Star Parker Posey Get The Southern Accent Right? We Think Yes

It's more than decent. No single Southern accent is the same. Southerners know this, to be sure, but apparently it bears ...
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Politics With Drawl

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. On the March 4, 2007, commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, an animated Hillary Clinton spoke from the pulpit of the ...