Love it or hate it, the Rhode Island accent has been around for centuries, and it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere, ...

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 ...

Voting will be open until noon on Saturday, Oct. 4, with the winner to be announced on National Rhode Island Day on Oct. 5.

We now move on to Round 3, which will pit the winners of the four quadrants of Food, Landmarks, Things to Do and Quirks ...

We now move on to Round 2, which is the finals for our four quadrants of Food, Landmarks, Things to Do and Quirks. Voting ...

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, ...

People who study the Rhode Island accent often describe it as a unique mixture of influences from Boston and New York that ...

New England offers a treasure trove of distinctive dialects. The Boston accent is the most famous. Both New Hampshire and Maine have well-known, provincially charming native drawls. And there’s ...