North Carolina has an extensive audio archive of local accents and dialects that contains thousands of recordings. Rhode Island, sadly, has nothing of the kind. So here's a sampling of accents from ...

Thanks to "The Real Housewives of Rhode Island," the rest of the country is discovering the Rhode Island accent. And the commentary on social media suggests that viewers are equally perplexed and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Real Housewives of Rhode Island premiere on April 2 on Bravo will bring the wonders of the Rhode Island accent to households ...

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Report has produced about 225 podcast episodes now, and by far the most popular has been “How to talk like a Rhode Islander.” So as we take a few weeks off this summer, ...

Are you proud of your Rhode Island accent? The Rhode Island Report podcast is looking for the state’s most distinct voices for next week’s podcast episode that comes out on Thursday morning. If you or ...

People in eastern New England have been dropping their R's for centuries, but that's starting to change – even as subtle regional differences remain. Rhode Island accents became a source of stigma ...

Do you have a strong Rhode Island accent? We want to hear it. For an upcoming story, The Providence Journal is putting together a compilation of notable local accents. If you'd like to participate, ...