Chinese Lunar New Year greetings in Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese and Hokkien dialects

The Year of the Horse 2026 will be welcomed across China with blessings for money, health and more. Here are common ones and ...
BBC

Is the Black Country Dialect disappearing?

Owhamya? Yam bostin'...Tara-ar-bit. If you know what these phrases mean, you may have grown up in the Black Country or be a fan of Peaky Blinders. They are as synonymous with the area as its foundries ...
Mental Floss

Accent vs. Dialect vs. Language: What’s the Difference?

Part of the fun of getting to know an English speaker from somewhere else—be it a different U.S. region or a whole other country—is debating how to say certain words. To you, pecan is “pih-KAHN.” To ...
The Forward

Is ‘Yeshivish’ a Language or a Dialect Like ‘Ebonics’ — or Neither?

In last week’s column, I discussed Sarah Bunin Benor’s recent book, “Becoming Frum,” which dwells largely on the process whereby American Jews who have become religiously Orthodox adjust to the ...
The Atlantic

What’s a Language, Anyway?

What’s the difference between a language and a dialect? Is there some kind of technical distinction, the way there is between a quasar and a pulsar, or between a rabbit and a hare? Faced with the ...
WTVD

Southern accent fading away in North Carolina, research finds

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina is known for a lot of things: the food, the people, the nature and also its iconic Southern accent. But now, research suggests the Southern drawl may be fading ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Why Wisconsin's dialect, pronunciations are unique — and even vary within the state's borders

Some Milwaukeeans may look at you strangely if you pronounce the “L” in their city’s name. For many natives, the name is Mi-waukee, not Mil-waukee. But that’s not the only thing that Wisconsinites say ...