The Pittsburgh accent is one of those “if you know, you know” things. Lifelong denizens of the 412 can recognize it in others immediately, but outsiders can struggle to pick it out — or pick it up.

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. (Video produced by Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff, Photo: Matthew Lee ...

A Canadian broke down the three main dialects of Afrikaans spoken in South Africa, and native speakers in the comments said his accuracy was almost unsettling.

Americans from Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Arkansas have a head start in the dating game — because their accent, Southern American English, is the sexiest in the ...