Linguistics professor Bert Vaux explains how he created the data that turned into The New York Times' popular dialect test. A Closer Look At The New York Times Dialect Quiz What do you call that ...

From the sharp vowels of the Northern Cities to the drawl of the Deep South, the nasal twang of the Upper Midwest, the ...

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 ...

Elyse Graham, who writes under the pen name E. J. White, recently released "You Talkin' To Me?: The Unruly History of New York English." A new book from a Stony Brook University professor explores ...

What do you call your grandmother? Do the words but and put rhyme? Would you eat a bread roll, a bap, a bun or a cob? “There are a lot of distinct dialects in the UK for a small land mass,” says ...

Taylor Swift, the highest-earning singer in the world, originally did country music but leaped into pop with her fifth studio album “1989,” released in 2014. As the title of her signature song “Shake ...

What do you call that carbonated flavored drink that comes out of a fountain at fast food restaurants? Pop; soda; seltzer? Well, depending on what you say can determine where you are from. That is the ...