Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “At school, at university or in the mass media, it's common to consider having an accent a bit of a bad thing. It's not something ...

The classic Southern accent in Georgia is on the decline, according to a two-university study. The shift toward a mainstream American accent has become more pronounced with Generation X. Each ...

Michelle and Richard Beck, right, stand outside their Atlanta-area home Thursday, May 1. They are Gen Xers who speak with southern accents while their Gen Z sons, Dylan and Richard, left, do not. When ...