(DROP CAP) Some of us get a little crazier when actors in movies try on their Southern accents--and everybody sounds like they're from Augusta, Joe-Jah. That's not how it works, y'all. The ...

SANTA FE, N.M.SANTA FE, N.M. — An accent mark on the official seal of the capital city of the nation’s most Hispanic state is in the wrong spot. The misplaced accent mark at the top of the city of ...

If you type primarily in Spanish or are located in a Spanish-speaking country, the most practical solution to writing Spanish accent marks is to buy a Spanish-language keyboard and change Windows to ...

HONOLULU — In the Hawaiian language, “pau” means completed or finished, “uku” means payment and “ula” is a spiny lobster. But insert a small accent mark to form pa’u, ‘uku or ‘ula, and all of a sudden ...

Years ago, Paul Greenberg wrote something about a visit to the Great Northeast, in which he and some company interacted with a store employee therein. The lady with him told the man at the counter ...