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Mind blown: British people used to speak like Americans, not vice versa
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:23 PM Author: Pearly trip degenerate regret https://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html
It was the british who started speaking differently in the late 1700's....they used to sound like Americans. |
Date: July 21st, 2017 12:32 PM Author: motley theatre kitty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nBGqOh4FQ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823846) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:39 PM Author: Razzle gay becky house That really is mind blowing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823912) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:39 PM Author: insane razzmatazz police squad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823914) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:42 PM Author: glassy vivacious stead queen of the night explain the northeast accent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823931) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:44 PM Author: insane razzmatazz police squad most british aristocracy/old world money in america was in south boston (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823946) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 1:05 PM Author: Aromatic Orchid Lettuce Coffee Pot That's how they explain southern accents not northern ones (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824073) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 2:37 PM Author: Electric Federal Place Of Business Range Boston and charleston both started with the same accent trying to copy the brits. Boston Brahmans are what they sounded like. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824838) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:46 PM Author: Mewling sneaky criminal WTF (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823961) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:47 PM Author: Histrionic Plaza I always heard that in the 18th century most people speaking English probably sounded sort of like Jimmy Carter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823965) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:48 PM Author: Pearly trip degenerate regret that is fucking bizarre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823970) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:55 PM Author: bright immigrant theater stage It's crazy. They also started adding "u" to words (like colour) to distance themselves from America.
Shakespeare's English was rhotic, unlike current British received pronunciation. People performing Shakespeare's plays back then would sound like pirates to us. |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:55 PM Author: Abnormal crackhouse You can pwn any shitbrit by pointing out their intrusive R usage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824019) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:59 PM Author: jet gas station https://youtu.be/M7g6pw_0W1U (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824044) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 1:02 PM Author: bright immigrant theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824063) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 2:30 PM Author: big navy telephone HO LEE FUK (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824728) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 2:44 PM Author: dark volcanic crater they also reversed Ls and Rs like ching chong chang peoples. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824918) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:01 PM Author: soul-stirring disrespectful stage Fun fact: American Sign Language and British Sign Language are completely unintelligible to each other because the first school for the deaf in America was founded by a teacher who studied in France and brought back a sign teacher from there. ASL is in the French Sign Language family. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33825116) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:01 PM Author: olive vengeful theater fanboi whaaaat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33825121) |