[quote]Americans in 1776 did have British accents in that American accents and British accents hadnât yet diverged. Thatâs not too surprising.
Whatâs surprising, though, is that those accents were much closer to todayâs American accents than to todayâs British accents. While both have changed over time, itâs actually British accents that have changed much more drastically since then.[/quote]
HAHAHAHA written by an American and you believe itâŚ
For a start, there is no such thing as a âBritish Accentâ because Britain specifically mean Great Britain which is England, Scotland and Wales. If you mean the UK that includes Northern Ireland so you see it plain as day that the dickwad from Baltimore doesnt even get the first facts correct.
Also, BBC English..? Yeah we all know about it but it accounts for a tiny percentage of the population⌠bit like saying that all Americans sound like Joey from Friends âEy ow you doinâ?â⌠and thats just stupid
Whatever mumbo-jumbo you wanna come out with, you will always and forever be speaking ENGLISHâŚ
Im English, I speak English.
You are American, you speak English.
I woke up at 6am today and thought fuck it ill get up and do some work and this has brightened my morning up.
I speak english too. In my language, âbalmâ is not the same as âbombâ, âKahnâ is not the same as âconâ, and âlagerâ is not the same as âloggerâ.
though i did used to rather like that tv programme (show) when a kid
american-english seems like a simplified form of english a lot of the time - and thats no real bad thing - thereâs loads of oddities in english that makes it tricky for a foreigner to learnâŚ
i do find two things odd tho (and please no flamingâŚ) the american pronunciation of the word âherbâ without saying the âhâ? whatâs that aboutâŚ
also âsolderâ⌠sounds oddly more like âsarderâ when iâve heard people like ean golden saying it on vids⌠sounds rather comical to meâŚ
overall, though iâd hate to admit it, but i think american-english is generally more sane than english-english⌠but âpantsâ is a comedy word - so i always wear âtrousersâ
I was talking to an argentinian friend of mine the other day and she said that to her, american english seemed like a plain accent while the standard âbritishâ accent (which I took to mean like mine, ie from the south east) is more âfloweryâ
flower? not heard that one before i guess itâs what people get used to. iâve lived all over so not sure what my own accent is, tho itâs southern rather than northern. a mate of mine came over recently from ohio and he has a really strong accent - and speaks so bloody slowly. chatted to other people from the usa who seemed to have much much less of an accent tho.
ofc everyone has an accent⌠but some seem more obvious than others.
I adore the sound of Photojojos voice⌠Heâs a Texan but itâs not a Southern drawl itâs really smooth and soothingâŚ
Bit like Irish accents, can be harsh or smooth.
Accents, how did we get onto that???
Oh and Iâve also noticed that Ean sounds like he is saying âsodderâ instead of solder..?
yep seems to be an american thing tho - as iâve heard a few other people say it the same way on youtube.
very true and uâs like in coloUr but personally i think spelling it as âcolorâ is just more sensible. lots of uk spellings donât make much sense and are due to historical/roots reasons i guessâŚ
What I hate is what someone mentioned earlier, herb being pronounced âurbâ. When people are talking about seasoning a burger it sounds like theyâre making hash brownies.
âNow, oâ course, de most important part. De uuuuuuuuurb.â
