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Why Do Some Names Fall Out of Fashion

When linguists in Georgia published a study showing that young Georgians have different accents than their parents, headlines sprung up all over declaring that the drawls and y’alls of the Southern American dialect are on their way out. But is it really possible for an accent to vanish? And what’s causing younger southerners to change the way they speak?

Why Do Some Names Fall Out of Fashion

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