There's no strict recipe for the Rhode Island accent. But these are the ingredients that you're likely to find in the mix.

Allison Jedson had no intention of graduating from the University of Rhode Island (URI) at the same time has her three children.

The Rhode Island accent, as we know it, may be headed for extinction. While it’s still a reliable feature of the local landscape (“For the paahts depahtment, press 3”), a generational shift is ...