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Mind blown: British people used to speak like Americans, not vice versa
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:23 PM Author: Confused Charismatic Sandwich 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. |
Date: July 21st, 2017 12:32 PM Author: transparent twisted gaming laptop jap 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: Zombie-like box office 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: crusty forum becky (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: Lavender excitant theater stage 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: crusty forum becky 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: filthy quadroon 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: dark ungodly macaca 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: Lake apoplectic goyim whorehouse 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: Ocher tank 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: Confused Charismatic Sandwich 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: Aphrodisiac Orange Institution 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. |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:55 PM Author: Appetizing puppy orchestra pit 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: Fragrant Site 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: Aphrodisiac Orange Institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824063) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 2:30 PM Author: white useless brakes 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: Burgundy Vivacious Really Tough Guy Patrolman 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: maize mentally impaired idiot 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: arousing meetinghouse whaaaat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33825121) |