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.

George Clooney, Meryl Streep and other voice actors had to be persuaded, but a new PBS documentary (mostly) leads by example in stressing the first syllable.

Believe it or not, Michigan — the home of ope-sayers and pop-lovers — does actually have an accent of its own. The Michigan accent is a part of a more wide-ranging regional accent called the Inland ...

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 ...

Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...

Whether it’s Julia Garner’s foul-mouthed Missouri twang in “Ozark” or Dolly Parton’s soft yet (fittingly) steely drawl in “Steel Magnolias,” the Southern accent is as variable as it is recognizable.