Mike Schneider

4 days ago | wsbtv.com | Mike Schneider

ATLANTA — Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine’s Southern accent.

4 days ago | msn.com | Mike Schneider

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4 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Mike Schneider

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) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Atlanta’s distinct Southern drawl, a dialect instantly recognizable across the United States for its elongated vowels and softened "r" sounds, has faded across generations, even within the same family.

4 days ago | gazettextra.com | Mike Schneider

Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine's visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine's Southern accent.

4 days ago | independent.co.uk | Mike Schneider

The diminishment of the ‘yat’ accent is most noticeable in millennialsAtlanta’s distinct Southern drawl, a dialect instantly recognizable across the United States for its elongated vowels and softened "r" sounds, has faded across generations, even within the same family. Susan Levine, raised in Atlanta during the 1940s and 50s, recalls her New York relatives turning her accent into a novelty act, charging friends a quarter to hear her speak.