LAWRENCE — Linguists at the University of Kansas revealed that the way Kansas speak is much more diverse than some people think, and perceptions of a Kansas accent differ, depending on whether listeners are Kansans or non-Kansans
Yes, Kansans do have an accent.
“There is no such thing as an accentless way of speaking,” said Lacey Wade, a linguist and assistant professor at the University of Kansas, “and we’ve been able to identify a few features that we do see in Kansas speech.”…