When you think of the South, you inevitably think about that Georgia southern drawl. But is this vernacular disappearing? AJC's Fraser Jones tracks down why.

In the wake of Tom Petty's death in 2017, it's been more than a little telling to observe his estate's archival efforts.

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...

Being labeled as "a person with an accent" followed me wherever I went. Once, I collaborated with a colleague who had a thick Southern accent. He was two levels higher than me in our workplace ...

Southern University and A&M College is an HBCU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, went into lockdown after a shooting took place on campus Sunday evening ...

“I just want my son to grow up with a southern accent.” Their new home will be Nashville, where he can still get to LA and Georgia but also afford some space. “I wanna have land, I wanna ...