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This isn’t true though! The Southern accent in the US did not emerge until after the Civil War, replacing a diverse array of local accents. It came from the Ap
by jahewson 3y ago
This isn’t true though!
The Southern accent in the US did not emerge until after the Civil War, replacing a diverse array of local accents. It came from the Appalachian South which was settled by the Scotch-Irish and Germans, none of whom had English accents.
- toyg 3y agoIt's quite funny and depressing, how one of the youngest and wealthiest countries on Earth has already fundamentally forgotten huge chunks of its history - after barely 250 years. Ten generations are clearly enough to lose a lot of data.