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 ...
On Sundays after church, my family would pile into our crank-window GMC truck and head to Kentucky Fried Chicken. “Can I get me some of them tater wedges?” my father would say into the speaker, while ...
A research study conducted by the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech revealed that Southern accents are undergoing a transformation. Dr. Jon Forrest, who spoke with WSBTV about the findings, ...
In Athens, Ga., a mystery was brewing inside the classrooms of the state’s flagship university: If over 84 percent of undergraduates at the University of Georgia are Peach State residents, how is it ...
Linguists Margaret Renwick and Jon Forrest from the University of Georgia turned heads in 2023 after publishing a study about Georgia’s fading Southern accent. The Southern drawl − extending and ...
Bid farewell to the Southern twang. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But Georgians are high-tailing away from that grits-and-gravy drawl faster than a scalded dog. A collaborative study between ...
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 ...
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s accent is fading y’all, and a new University of Georgia study said Generation X could be at fault for the rapid change in the southern drawl. The collaborative study between ...
In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter “r.” Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans have long worried about losing their distinctive twang.
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