This matters because intonation (the rise and fall of speech that conveys emotion, emphasis, and intent) can flip meaning ...

By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns.

One of the most obvious accent slips in Stranger Things 5 was when Holly Wheeler discovered Max in Henry’s memory. Holly is ...

Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 ...