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Originally Posted by astralis
glyn,
just wondering, is there any particular US accent that you find, ah, less outrageous in the pronunciation of the english language? or is it all the same? i've wondered about this in regards to brits.
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I remember hearing, in an interview I believe, the linguist John McWhorter say that it's the
British who have moved further away from the King's English since the Revolution, and that blue-blood New Englanders (you know, the "Daaahling" types) actually are closer to how English was spoken at the time.
-dale