Southern charm, it turns out, isn’t a myth — Americans rate accents from Southern states as the friendliest in the US. In a study, over one in three (38 percent) Americans ranked the Southern accent — ...

The Big Apple boasts the most confident sounding accents in the US, a recent study found. The unique tone, marked by dropped “R”s, shifted vowels (like coffee becoming “caw-fee”) and tough talk — ...

ATLANTA — Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and ...

Doesn’t it just jar your preserves when Hollywood thinks we all sound like Scarlett O’Hara? I’d also like to let them know we’ve had air-conditioning for about seven decades (what was with all those ...