Believe it or not, Michigan — the home of ope-sayers and pop-lovers — does actually have an accent of its own. The Michigan accent is a part of a more wide-ranging regional accent called the ...

Michigan residents may not think they have an accent — everyone else talks funny — but people from other regions can clearly hear something different when we speak. Here's what to know.

Michigan residents may not think they have an accent — everyone else talks funny — but people from other regions can clearly hear something different when we speak. Here's what to know.

In Michigan, that accent is changing. Her team has been documenting subtle but widespread shifts, particularly in how vowels are pronounced.