The Californian accent is getting ready for its close-up. Stanford linguistics researcher Penny Eckhert says linguistic research tends to focus on communities east of the Mississippi and she is hoping ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – There’s a Southern ...

Here’s something hella cool: Californians have one of the sexiest accents in the country when it comes to dating, according to a new study. The “easy-going” Californian accent came third place on a ...

Did you know Californians had an accent? Apparently, we do — and it’s ranked as the tenth-sexiest in the country by travel site Big 7. “The typical Californian accent sounds similar to General ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – There’s a Southern accent, a Boston accent and a Jersey accent, but is there a California accent? That may be the wrong question to ask, says one linguist. “Everyone has an ...