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Mind blown: British people used to speak like Americans, not vice versa

https://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.ht...
vermilion jet-lagged range puppy
  07/21/17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nBGqOh4FQ
rusted multi-colored boltzmann
  07/21/17
That really is mind blowing
rough-skinned locale
  07/21/17
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out-of-control vigorous stage lettuce
  07/21/17
explain the northeast accent
haunting queen of the night
  07/21/17
most british aristocracy/old world money in america was in s...
out-of-control vigorous stage lettuce
  07/21/17
That's how they explain southern accents not northern ones
Godawful fanboi pistol
  07/21/17
Boston and charleston both started with the same accent tryi...
beta business firm
  07/21/17
WTF
irradiated territorial wrinkle
  07/21/17
I always heard that in the 18th century most people speaking...
Silver infuriating dopamine
  07/21/17
that is fucking bizarre
vermilion jet-lagged range puppy
  07/21/17
It's crazy. They also started adding "u" to words ...
bateful up-to-no-good athletic conference old irish cottage
  07/21/17
You can pwn any shitbrit by pointing out their intrusive R u...
Hairless Theater Stage
  07/21/17
https://youtu.be/M7g6pw_0W1U
doobsian rigpig elastic band
  07/21/17
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bateful up-to-no-good athletic conference old irish cottage
  07/21/17
HO LEE FUK
swashbuckling sooty lodge
  07/21/17
they also reversed Ls and Rs like ching chong chang peoples.
mewling bbw
  07/21/17
Fun fact: American Sign Language and British Sign Language a...
Curious Den Blood Rage
  07/21/17
whaaaat
insanely creepy green set
  07/21/17


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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:23 PM
Author: vermilion jet-lagged range puppy

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823776)



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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:32 PM
Author: rusted multi-colored boltzmann

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: rough-skinned locale

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: out-of-control vigorous stage lettuce



(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: haunting 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: out-of-control vigorous stage lettuce

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: Godawful fanboi pistol

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: beta business firm

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: irradiated territorial wrinkle

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: Silver infuriating dopamine

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: vermilion jet-lagged range puppy

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: bateful up-to-no-good athletic conference old irish cottage

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824018)



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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:55 PM
Author: Hairless Theater Stage

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: doobsian rigpig elastic band

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: bateful up-to-no-good athletic conference old irish cottage



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Date: July 21st, 2017 2:30 PM
Author: swashbuckling sooty lodge

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: mewling bbw

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: Curious Den Blood Rage

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: insanely creepy green set

whaaaat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33825121)