language

In the book Speaking of Alabama, an essay by linguistics professor Catherine Davies calls "y'all" a speech "improvement" — at least when referring to the plural second person.

Having offended its own staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has canceled a course intended to help employees "speak with a more neutral American accent."

Second languages in the U.S. are common, and the dominant one in Miami is Spanish, but a new language is becoming influential in Miami's business community.