Y'all versus yinz: Accents may say more about who we are than where we're from

Y'all versus yinz: Accents may say more about who we are than where we're from

Regional accents in the United States are far more complicated than their oversimplified stereotypes. Take that reductive “Southern” twang heard so often across pop culture. Researchers routinely identify significant differences throughout the region, with variants including Appalachian, Ozark, Coastal Southern, Louisiana Cajun, and many more. These geographic dialects evolve through a complex combination of cultures, demographics, ancestry, and…