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47of74

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9. The northeast mainly?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 01:40 PM

Aug 2013

I just read something where at the time of the Revolutinary War the British accent was very similar to our own. It was after the war that their accents started to change, one which mainly began in the upper classes. It also said the NE was the most similar to the modern British accent. If I remember I'll see if I can find the document.

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Is there an American accent that's comparable to received pronunciation in the UK? [View all] raccoon Aug 2013 OP

Talk like da Yoopers, eh! Denninmi Aug 2013 #1

I read (long time ago) that the NC/Appalachian accent is similar to Elizabethan England. femmocrat Aug 2013 #2

That's a good question. And it has been answered. Aristus Aug 2013 #5

Maybe a Philadelphia accent. RebelOne Aug 2013 #3

California is the equivalent of RP in the UK mainer Aug 2013 #4

That may be the impression now, Jenoch Aug 2013 #6

A map of the dialects of the US. HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #7

I couldn't see that one very well, so I found its whole website- interesting! marzipanni Aug 2013 #10

Many years ago Sun Microsystems made the Sparc IPC with voice recognition. StanGr Aug 2013 #8

The northeast mainly? 47of74 Aug 2013 #9

perhaps your question is being interpreted in two ways mainer Aug 2013 #11

That's what I meant, "the current gold standard for proper pronunciation" in its own country. nt raccoon Aug 2013 #15

You're talking about the Mid-Atlantic English accent MrScorpio Aug 2013 #12

That's not "comparable to Received Pronunciation", though Spider Jerusalem Aug 2013 #13

Ohio? Demoiselle Aug 2013 #14