Title says it all. Is it possible for American dialects to be similar to that of England to the present day?
England itself (and I mean England, not the UK as a whole) does'nt even have a single accent, and the English all live together.
As a Canadian, if it would fit in one province it's pretty much the same thing. (Yes, that means New York and Florida are the same thing.How dare you sir the English do not all "live" together some of them tens of miles apart. Next you be saying that kennish man and a Cornish man same are basically the same thing.![]()
(Yes, that means New York and Florida are the same thing.)
Well, south Florida and New York, anyway.
As a Canadian, if it would fit in one province it's pretty much the same thing. (Yes, that means New York and Florida are the same thing.)
Newfoundland English is basically a weird mix of old-school English, as well as Irish and West Country accents (well, since Newfoundland English is probably the oldest English dialect spoken in North America, of course it would be different).
Actually the typical "General American"/"Chicago" accent (that you see most news anchors over here using) is about as close to British English in the 1700's as you can get nowadays.
Title says it all. Is it possible for American dialects to be similar to that of England to the present day?
Yep, from what I have read the accent changed more in England than in the US. The US is closer to the English accent of say 1800, than the accent you would here on BBC.
Invent electricity, rubber-coated wiring, fuses, circuit-breakers, phonographs, radio, television, records, wire-recording, tapes, CDs, VHS, DVDs, rockets, satellites, gyroscopes, and the internet by 1609,thereby freezing language accents as they were.
As a life long New Englander living some 100 miles from New York, I've found my accent to be misinterpreted by American Southerners to be English.Tallyho!
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