Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman in Australia who suddenly acquired an Irish accent after undergoing tonsil surgery last year said pronouncing words ...

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.

The highly mimicked, oft-mocked Boston accent populates some of the industry’s most iconic films and TV shows with its non-rhotic (r-dropping) pronunciation, highly particular slang, and gravelly ...

You’ve likely heard the words “Standard American English,” for describing certain accents that lack distinguishing sounds. Well, apparently, that's not real. Every single American has an accent. For ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Speech is not monolithic. And while we may try to standardize language and pronunciation, dialects and accents often differ across entire regions, and even from city to city. A map of ...

American accents come from varied origins, mixing geographic, cultural and migration patterns. The Michigan accent encompasses the local speech habits of Michiganders. It is part of the Inland North ...

In Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” the firefly Ray says he has a Cajun accent because he was “born and bred in the bayou!” While that may be true for Ray, the voice actor portraying him, Jim ...