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Noticing that younger generations don’tsound so Southernanymore?
It’s not your imagination, according tonew research out of Georgia.
(Linguists call thatdrawn-out pronunciationa diphthong, or gliding vowel, in case y’all were wondering.)
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She conducted the study along with researchers from University of Georgia and Brigham Young University.
Glass said additional research is underway with Black residents.
“It’s challenging to pinpoint the exact reasons, Glass says.
While we don’t have definitive answers, there were significant social shifts during that period.
