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To complicate things a little, the non-rhotic accents of the eastern seaboard of North America aren't generally considered posh: Southie, Mainer, Brooklyn. Newf
by DFHippie 6y ago
To complicate things a little, the non-rhotic accents of the eastern seaboard of North America aren't generally considered posh: Southie, Mainer, Brooklyn. Newfoundland is the region of North American longest settled by English speakers, I believe. Google "Newfie accent" to hear true Shakespearean English.
- stan_rogers 6y agoNewfanese is pretty much crystallized Hiberno-English, at least if we're talking the language of the bay wops rather than townies. It has a surprising amount of commonality with African-American vernacular, likely due to transportation and indenture (which is why AAVE, while distinct, barely edges into typical creole patterns). The English of Shakespeare's time, or at least of his plays, has been largely reconstructed by linguist David Crystal, whose son, the actor and director Ben Crystal, is probably the best-known practitioner. There are a number of videos on YouTube of Ben doing Shakespeare in OP. A good starting point is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s - and if one had to tie it closely to a modern regional variant, it would be West Country. But that would just be something it would remind you of rather than a template.
- DFHippie 6y agoIt was a joke.