Accents are like personality quirks—they make us unique, spark conversations, and sometimes, let’s be real, drive people up the wall. In the U.S., our regional accents are as diverse as our landscapes ...

The Boston accent. Linguists and locals alike agree that the iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who still have it, it’s more than a way of speaking; it’s the sound of home and a ...

News item: Per a recent story in the Boston Globe — even a sociolinguist from Dartmouth agreed after his quantitative study on the issue — the famed, fabled, fabulous Boston accent is slowly ...

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 ...

Duffy’s Boston accent was partly inspired by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon movies, Reacher season 3 star Sonya Cassidy reveals. A new addition to the Reacher cast, Cassidy was previously best-known for ...