There's no strict recipe for the Rhode Island accent: An old-timer from Charlestown won't necessarily sound the same as someone from Cumberland or Cranston. But there are certain ingredients that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina has an extensive audio archive of local accents and dialects that contains thousands of recordings. Rhode Island, ...

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, ...

Davis and Poehler also joked about their New England accents, with Poehler asking "what's the difference between Boston and Rhode Island?" and Davis answering "Nothing. You still say Florida. You know ...

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sure, “three guys from Boston” — Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Jimmy Fallon — received a lot of attention when they read off every city and town in Massachusetts on “The ...