Native Georgians are losing their traditional Southern drawl, according to a new joint study between the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech.
The study, “Boomer Peak or Gen X Cliff? From SVS to LBMS in Georgia English,” is published in the current issue of the journal Language Variation and Change.
Researchers listened to over 100 speakers. The oldest recordings date back to people born in 1887, and the youngest Generation Z speakers were born in 2003.
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