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This has had precedent. Years ago during the silver screen era there was a accent that most major movie stars had called the transatlantic accent, it has some e
by subsubzero 3y ago
This has had precedent. Years ago during the silver screen era there was a accent that most major movie stars had called the transatlantic accent, it has some elements of British and also American sounds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
Also for some reason I do not understand almost all US reality shows and other entertainment(contestant based shows mainly) have to have someone British judging Americans like we are incapable of having our own citizens be makers of taste or standards.
- mauvehaus 3y agoThe History of English podcast just released a bonus episode about this. Highly recommended to anyone interested in hearing how it was historically used and how its use has changed over time. https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2023/03/31/bonus-episode-rise-and-fall-of-the-classic-movie-accent/ https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2023/03/31/bonus-episode...
- hospitalhusband 3y ago> almost all US reality shows and other entertainment(contestant based shows mainly) Politics, too.
- matthewfcarlson 3y agoI've thought about trying to learn the transatlantic accent just for fun but wonder when/if I could use it. It doesn't have the same humor that the fake posh British ones do.
- tivert 3y ago> Also for some reason I do not understand almost all US reality shows and other entertainment(contestant based shows mainly) have to have someone British judging Americans like we are incapable of having our own citizens be makers of taste or standards. Also, IIRC, infomercials, too. I think America has some longstanding cultural assumptions that Europe is more culturally refined/upper class/fashionable. Probably dating from when America was mostly hick farmers and Europe had all that royalty setting trends. Throwing in a superfluous European accent is an easy way to hook into those assumptions.
- sangnoir 3y agoCorrection: the accent is named Mid Atlantic as in half-way between American & British.
- zapzupnz 3y agoCorrection x2: it's called by both names.
- wefarrell 3y agoMy grandparents had this accent. It was contextual, they didn't use it with us but I did hear it come out when they would talk to certain friends or tell stories and voice characters. And then my grandparents on my other side had thick Bronx and Queens accents respectively. I think there were a lot more variations in region and class specific accents 50+ years ago.