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Why Are American Accents Disappearing? The Reason Is WEIRDER Than I Thought

July 6, 2026·41 min·5-min readnarrativeculture
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Despite the supposed death of the monoculture, Americans are speaking in an increasingly homogenized way, losing regional accents and dialects at an alarming rate. This shift is not just due to media, but deeply tied to economic decline, demographic change, and the erosion of regional ide

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Matt WalshWilliam LabovWalt WolframMargaret Renwick

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Science in the Modern Worldby A.N. WhiteheadNotes toward the Definition of Cultureby T.S. Eliot

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American HistoryLong Form JournalismUs Politics

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