It's not quite like that. American pronunciation change as well. Here's an example of how linguist reconstruct the original pronunciation of Shakespeare plays:

It's not quite like that. American pronunciation change as well. Here's an example of how linguist reconstruct the original pronunciation of Shakespeare plays: http://youtu.be/gPlpphT7n9s http://youtu.be/gPlpphT7n9s It really has more elements that sound like West Country accent, Irish English, or even Scots/Ulster Scots.