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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down7·5 months agoAmerican English is closer to what English used to sound like than modern British English.
minus-squareNoite_Etion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoAt what point in time? the language is nearly 1400 years old.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoThe way it sounded in the 1700s or so, specifically.
minus-squareNoite_Etion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoOkay. Do you have a source on that? Be interested to see how they could confirm that
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThere’s no source, it’s nonsense made up by a journalist
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoSearch anything about how the modern American accent compares to older English. Here’s an example.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoOwlcation.com (wtf?) is not a source Could you supply us with a proper one? (Answer is “no” by the way)
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThat’s absolute horseshit made up by a journalist on a slow news day, by the way
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoOut-Brit’g the Brits for 250.
minus-squareholgersson@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoReally? I thought this was only the case with Quebecois and French
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoYup, really. Annoying when you see comments about how American’s don’t speak proper English. The Brits are the ones who changed how it was spoken the most!
American English is closer to what English used to sound like than modern British English.
At what point in time? the language is nearly 1400 years old.
The way it sounded in the 1700s or so, specifically.
Okay. Do you have a source on that? Be interested to see how they could confirm that
There’s no source, it’s nonsense made up by a journalist
Source?
Search anything about how the modern American accent compares to older English. Here’s an example.
Owlcation.com (wtf?) is not a source
Could you supply us with a proper one?
(Answer is “no” by the way)
That’s absolute horseshit made up by a journalist on a slow news day, by the way
Out-Brit’g the Brits for 250.
Really? I thought this was only the case with Quebecois and French
Yup, really. Annoying when you see comments about how American’s don’t speak proper English. The Brits are the ones who changed how it was spoken the most!