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 didn’t. 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
I’m too tired for this
Always add in the video that according to linguists, Native southern drawl is a slowed down British.
T’ be or not t’be, y’all.
Fun fact: Same thing happened with the French accent. French Canadians still have the original French accent from the 15th century.
Êt’e ou n’pô zêt’e, vous z’auts.
I’ve been trying to find this post for months. I’m freakishly obsessed with this and want the truth of what early colonists sounded like.
Matt:That deer fucked off because Woolie was near. He's gonna be really mad I said that - we had a long conversation recently and he was like "that's not cool."
Pat:[...] What, you had a long conversation with Woolie that was like "please stop telling everyone I kill animals for fun"?
Matt:"My rituals on Wednesdays will be ruined if people know about it."
Pat:"If the animals know, then their souls can't transmogrify into my body."
Matt:Right, right.
Pat:"They have to be unaware."
Matt:"Hey, I didn't get above average at fighting games by doing nothing."
When My Uncle, who’s completely deaf, was about 17, he got in a heated argument with my great aunt, his mother. They were furiously signing back and forth. Suddenly they both stopped and started laughing and laughing. My great aunt had accidentally signed, “Don’t you yell at me.”
