A few weeks ago, the Globe’s Beth Teitell penned a piece heralding the death of the Boston accent. Such a controversial pronouncement prompted a lot of thoughts, some of which readers shared with us ...

The Pittsburgh accent is one of those “if you know, you know” things. Lifelong denizens of the 412 can recognize it in others immediately, but outsiders can struggle to pick it out — or pick it up.

From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research to prove it. The iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who ...

When the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy ended, George Lucas teased us with the notion of a live-action TV series, an unprecedented idea in the pre-streaming era. The show would be called "Underworld," ...

Equality Maori to Own Iconic NZ Hiking Track After Historic Agreement The coastline of Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand. Photographer: Martin Vlnas/iStockphoto/Getty Images By Ainsley Thomson ...

The lore has by now been recounted many a time: In 2004, Scott and Andrea Swift moved from central Pennsylvania to Nashville so that their 14-year-old daughter, Taylor, could pursue a career in ...

In a time of constantly rising prices, finding a bargain seems to get harder, especially in the tech arena. With financial headwinds like currency fluctuations, shipping costs and import tariffs, ...

Prince Harry is a good sport. The British royal tried his hand at an American accent while appearing on Wednesday’s episode of the “Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know” podcast. Host Minhaj asked Harry, 41, ...

It all began, as these things often do, with an Instagram ad. “No one tells you this if you’re an immigrant, but accent discrimination is a real thing,” said a woman in the video. Her own accent is ...

Nashville's part of a region called the southern dialect zone. While Tennessee has seen an influx of new residents from states like California and New York, that's not all it takes to shift an area's ...

Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, right, canceled his trip to the U.S. due to concerns that his moko mataora (Maori face tattoos for men) could get him detained at the border. Ihirangi Heke, left, is a New ...

*In 2025, new research confirms what many Southerners have long suspected: the classic Southern accent is fading, especially in major cities like Atlanta, New Orleans, and Raleigh. Studies from the ...