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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...
greedy appetizing locale
  07/21/17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nBGqOh4FQ
contagious plum lay
  07/21/17
That really is mind blowing
wonderful rehab partner
  07/21/17
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boyish ticket booth
  07/21/17
explain the northeast accent
Provocative Shrine Boltzmann
  07/21/17
most british aristocracy/old world money in america was in s...
boyish ticket booth
  07/21/17
That's how they explain southern accents not northern ones
Drab alpha center
  07/21/17
Boston and charleston both started with the same accent tryi...
Brass Yapping Spot Death Wish
  07/21/17
WTF
Fishy seedy tanning salon
  07/21/17
I always heard that in the 18th century most people speaking...
Fantasy-prone curious brunch water buffalo
  07/21/17
that is fucking bizarre
greedy appetizing locale
  07/21/17
It's crazy. They also started adding "u" to words ...
Ruddy Sadistic Hissy Fit
  07/21/17
You can pwn any shitbrit by pointing out their intrusive R u...
buck-toothed arousing hall
  07/21/17
https://youtu.be/M7g6pw_0W1U
Frum headpube
  07/21/17
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Ruddy Sadistic Hissy Fit
  07/21/17
HO LEE FUK
milky potus
  07/21/17
they also reversed Ls and Rs like ching chong chang peoples.
Stimulating Orchestra Pit
  07/21/17
Fun fact: American Sign Language and British Sign Language a...
multi-colored trust fund hunting ground
  07/21/17
whaaaat
Sepia half-breed
  07/21/17


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Date: July 21st, 2017 12:23 PM
Author: greedy appetizing locale

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: contagious plum lay

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: wonderful rehab partner

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: boyish ticket booth



(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: Provocative Shrine Boltzmann

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: boyish ticket booth

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: Drab alpha center

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: Brass Yapping Spot Death Wish

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: Fishy seedy tanning salon

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: Fantasy-prone curious brunch water buffalo

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: greedy appetizing locale

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: Ruddy Sadistic Hissy Fit

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: buck-toothed arousing hall

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: Frum headpube

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: Ruddy Sadistic Hissy Fit



(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: milky potus

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: Stimulating Orchestra Pit

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: multi-colored trust fund hunting ground

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: Sepia half-breed

whaaaat

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