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IMO, no discussion about the loss of "British accents" in America can be complete without including Canada, Australia and South Africa in the mix. I always foun
by jinushaun 14y ago
IMO, no discussion about the loss of "British accents" in America can be complete without including Canada, Australia and South Africa in the mix. I always found it fascinating that the US and Australia have such dramatically different "standard" accents despite both being former British colonies.
Btw, anyone wanting to search for the "missing link" should visit Bermuda. Strange mix of GA and RP.
- dmoo 14y agoAlso interesting is how close the Newfoundland accent has stayed to the rural Irish one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqLuIXwsLDw
- wluu 14y agoAh, Australian "English"... :) I'd say (in Australia), our English was influenced to an extent by the local population (ie: Aboriginal Australians) to a degree in addition to British English. Here's a few references: * "history & accent change" - http://clas.mq.edu.au/australian-voices/history-accent-change http://clas.mq.edu.au/australian-voices/history-accent-chang... * "australian accent" - http://clas.mq.edu.au/voices/australian-accent http://clas.mq.edu.au/voices/australian-accent * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English Might also be a good idea (if you're curious) to contrast/compare Australian English with New Zealand English. Subtle differences, but they are there. It's a mighty big topic if you really want to delve into it in any detail.
- toyg 14y ago"Subtle" is a relative term here: I'm Italian, not particularly trained in languages, and I can easily tell NZ and Aussies apart. NZ vowels are even crazier than the already-bonkers Australian ones.