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Mind blown: British people used to speak like Americans, not vice versa

https://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.ht...
Mint Razzle Mad-dog Skullcap
  07/21/17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nBGqOh4FQ
trip abode wrinkle
  07/21/17
That really is mind blowing
Narrow-minded federal hell
  07/21/17
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Mind-boggling Gaping
  07/21/17
explain the northeast accent
hot hunting ground dragon
  07/21/17
most british aristocracy/old world money in america was in s...
Mind-boggling Gaping
  07/21/17
That's how they explain southern accents not northern ones
metal talented famous landscape painting
  07/21/17
Boston and charleston both started with the same accent tryi...
Khaki Slap-happy Temple
  07/21/17
WTF
massive sepia associate deer antler
  07/21/17
I always heard that in the 18th century most people speaking...
seedy library
  07/21/17
that is fucking bizarre
Mint Razzle Mad-dog Skullcap
  07/21/17
It's crazy. They also started adding "u" to words ...
180 trump supporter point
  07/21/17
You can pwn any shitbrit by pointing out their intrusive R u...
beta state
  07/21/17
https://youtu.be/M7g6pw_0W1U
Gay deranged plaza
  07/21/17
...
180 trump supporter point
  07/21/17
HO LEE FUK
Bespoke location
  07/21/17
they also reversed Ls and Rs like ching chong chang peoples.
Dark pozpig
  07/21/17
Fun fact: American Sign Language and British Sign Language a...
lavender love of her life
  07/21/17
whaaaat
primrose theatre people who are hurt
  07/21/17


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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:23 PM
Author: Mint Razzle Mad-dog Skullcap

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33823776)



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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:32 PM
Author: trip abode wrinkle

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: Narrow-minded federal hell

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: Mind-boggling Gaping



(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: hot hunting ground dragon

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: Mind-boggling Gaping

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: metal talented famous landscape painting

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: Khaki Slap-happy Temple

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: massive sepia associate deer antler

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: seedy library

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: Mint Razzle Mad-dog Skullcap

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: 180 trump supporter point

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33824018)



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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:55 PM
Author: beta state

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: Gay deranged plaza

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: 180 trump supporter point



(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: Bespoke location

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: Dark pozpig

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: lavender love of her life

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: primrose theatre people who are hurt

whaaaat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3681055&forum_id=2#33825121)