Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Believe it or not, Michigan — the home of ope-sayers and pop-lovers — does actually have an accent of its own. The Michigan accent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you call it pop, shop at "Meijers" and "Krogers" or vacation at Mack-in-awe, you're likely speaking the Michigan accent: You're ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — If you’ve noticed your “class” starting to sound more like “clahss,” you’re not alone — and researchers at Michigan State University are listening. The team has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The skyline of Detroit, along with the Detroit River, is shown in a June 19, 2023, file photo. (Patrick Morrell/CBC - image credit ...

DETROIT, Mich. (WWJ) – People in Michigan are quick to say, “I don’t have an accent.” Odds are, you do. Former Fort Wayne reporter Rachelle Graham learned about hers when she moved two hours south to ...

It's not clear when it started, but we are rapidly losing communication skills. We are losing our "orts." Teenage girls are the most obvious victims. Listen to them speak and you are certain to hear ...

As seen from space, this is the state where we go tuhtha store ta buy a gallon of melk. JACKSON, MI - It's not pleasant when a grown man must confront ignorance he never noticed in himself. My latest ...

"Our speech is as colorful and distinct from the rest of the country as any other region.” You could consider author Edward MCClelland a bit of an expert on Midwestern speak, “I was born and raised in ...