at what point in history do you think americans stopped having british accents
Actually, Americans still have the original British accent. We kept it over time and Britain didnβt. What we currently coin as a British accent developed in England during the 19th century among the upper class as a symbol of status. Historians often claim that Shakespeare sounds better in an American accent.
whAT THE FUCK
Iβm too tired for this
Always add in the video that according to linguists, Native southern drawl is a slowed down British.
Tβ be or not tβbe, yβall.
Fun fact: Same thing happened with the French accent. French Canadians still have the original French accent from the 15th century.
Γtβe ou nβpΓ΄ zΓͺtβe, vous zβauts.
Iβve been trying to find this post for months. Iβm freakishly obsessed with this and want the truth of what early colonists sounded like.
