Southern accents have nuances to them. Here, a linguist explains how they came to be and what the key differences are. Beth Gwinn/Getty Images There isn't one thing that makes a Southern accent. The ...

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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 thought Reese Witherspoon’s Tennessee accent was spot-on as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line,” you were right – she grew up in Nashville. Actors often work hard to lose Southern accents – ...

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Southern accents are fading in cities like Atlanta and New Orleans—reshaped by migration, culture shifts, and time. Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City ...