Cajun country carries French heritage through ... some of which have endured for longer than others, help discern a Southern accent. 'One of the oldest sounds we know about is the 'i' sound ...

They discovered that regional accents seem to be slowly fading into a more ‘Southern’ way of speaking, whilst Northern ways of speaking are spreading down the country, particularly the ...

"The results reveal significant stylisation dependent on the musical genre Swift performs, with Southern American English accent forms more prevalent in her earlier country-style music.