Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although it may not seem like it when you’re talking to your grandparents, or me for that matter, but the classic Southern drawl ...

In the American South, a linguistic transformation is quietly unfolding. The iconic Southern drawl is gradually fading among younger generations in Georgia, despite its long association with the state ...

A collaborative study between the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech has found the classic Southern accent is undergoing rapid change in Georgia. The instigator? Generation X. “We found that, here ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s accent is fading y’all, and a new University of Georgia study said Generation X could be at fault for the rapid change in the southern drawl. The collaborative study between ...

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 ...

From a Boy’s Life of Mark Twain: By and by there was another report–this time that Mark Twain was dead. A reporter found his way to Tedworth Square, and, being received by Mark Twain himself, asked ...

In Athens, Ga., a mystery was brewing inside the classrooms of the state’s flagship university: If over 84 percent of undergraduates at the University of Georgia are Peach State residents, how is it ...

Matthew McConaughey once lost out on a career-defining role in James Cameron’s Titanic, and the reason why has now been revealed. 1997’s Titanic is still a masterpiece over 25 years later, with ...