Let’s dig deep and find out why certain names simply fall out of fashion. When you hear names like Gladys or Herbert or Doris, you probably automatically think of old people, but why is that?

Well, bless their hearts — Gen Z is killing the Southern drawl, y’all. That’s according to a new study published in Language Variation and Change, which claims the classic Southern American accent has ...

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American English is full of quirky phrases that don’t always translate well outside the U.S. If you’ve ever used an expression that made someone from another country do a double take, you’re not alone ...

For as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In particular, she was interested in the differences she noticed between how white people spoke, when compared ...

What's the first thing that comes to mind when y'all read the phrase "Southern culture?" Sweet tea? Front porch chats lit by lightening bugs? Country music? Well, did the word "y'all" stand out as odd ...

“Y’all” is the most identifiable feature of the dialect known as Southern American English. It simply and elegantly fills out the pronoun paradigm gap that occurs in dialects that have only “you” for ...

The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful cultural forces, from... Y'all, we need to ...