NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A language expert said many of the defining characteristics of the New York accent are fading as stigma surrounding the accent increases. Kara Becker, an assistant ...

In most countries, the accent of the largest city is the official and most prestigious accent of the nation. Why not New York, asks E.J. White.

NEW YORK –– Can you tawk the tawk like a real New Yorker? Two major presidential candidates talk like the real New Yorkers and that’s making one linguistic professor very happy. Just listen t… ...

And if you can't quite pull that off, your best bet is to get a coffee in New York. That accent came in second. New Jersey and Boston rounded up the top 5, along with the Western accent.

But in my defense, every time you hear somebody on television talking with a New York accent, they’re a henchman. They’re not a person who exists in normal life. They’re like 'Sure, boss.

When Adam Moss stepped down as editor of New York magazine last month, it marked the end of an era.Since taking the helm of the august title in 2004, Moss had helped set the industry standard for ...

DeLucci was not surprised the New York accent was found to be the most confident. Helayne Seidman. Answering Service Care picked the brains of more than 2,000 Americans for its study.. To no one ...

Last year, the Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year was vape. It's relatively new, as far as words go: It first appeared in an article in 1983 in connection with a then-hypothetical device. Other ...