Is the Southern accent fixin' to disappear in parts of the US South?
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Michelle and Richard Beck, right, stand outside their Atlanta-area home Thursday, May 1, 2025. They are Gen Xers who speak with southern accents while their Gen Z sons, Dylan and Richard, left, do not. (AP Photo/ Sharon Johnson)Georgia Tech linguist Lelia Glass points to a diagram showing how the pronunciation of certain words by metro-Atlanta residents has changed over several generations at her home in Atlanta, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson)
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Michelle and Richard Beck, right, stand outside their Atlanta-area home Thursday, May 1, 2025. They are Gen Xers who speak with southern accents while their Gen Z sons, Dylan and Richard, left, do not. (AP Photo/ Sharon Johnson)