A study showed that the southern accent is changing and under threat.

<div class="block">A study showed that the southern accent is changing and under threat.</div>

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Study Finds The Southern Accent Is Under Threat

And who doesn't love a Southern accent? Well, that southern drawl made famous by movie characters like Forrest Gump, just to mention one is under threat. That's according to a new study research done by the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech found the classic Southern accent is changing. They studied hours of recordings of people from Georgia and the way they pronounce their vowels. Researchers noted that baby boomers had a thicker draw than Gen X. The study's co author said the demographics of the South changed after World War II with more young people moving there leading to Southerners having similar vowel patterns to people from L A Detroit, even Boston Kristen, which Boston's accent is so it's so different than so many other accents that I've heard across the country.