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 a true Michigander. The Michigan accent, a regional accent of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, 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 ...

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 ...

"I bought a hat, mom and dad." There are several vowels in that sentence that are hallmarks of the classic Michigan accent. It's due to a linguistic difference known as the northern cities vowel shift ...

"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 ...

DETROIT – Today on Flashpoint we took a look at a possible UAW strike, the Michigan accent, and the latest regarding Novi’s Paul Whelan. The UAW contract deadline is still weeks away, but you have to ...

A new survey has confirmed what everybody in Michigan's Upper Peninsula already knew: having a Yooper accent is sexy. So sexy, in fact, it's ranked among the Top 15 sexiest accents in the United ...

Midwesterners speak the purest form of American English, and everyone else in America is a weirdo with a funny accent. At least that’s what most Michiganders probably think. I always figured that ...