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> I read somewhere that the American accent is closer to what British was like in the 1700-1800s. Wouldn't you then expect a small isolated town in England to
by awb 7y ago
> I read somewhere that the American accent is closer to what British was like in the 1700-1800s.
Wouldn't you then expect a small isolated town in England to still have an "American" accent?
- umanwizard 7y agoNo, because that town's accent will have been changing since 1700, too. But you definitely find, for example, places in England where "r"s at the ends of words or before consonants are pronounced, like in America but unlike in RP.
- danans 7y ago> places in England where "r"s at the ends of words or before consonants are pronounced, like in America but unlike in RP Specifically in the west country of England. This accent was borrowed by Hollywood to create what we know today as the "pirate" accent.