| Kasz216 said: Most people would argue yes actually. Though ironically there is a habit of american actors using a british accent when reading shakespeare. I'm told this book gives a pretty good description of it http://www.amazon.com/The-Mother-Tongue-English-That/dp/0380715430 |
Cool, I'll have to give it a look. (I'm actually interested in this sort of thing) but Mother Tongue English is quite obviously the Yorkshire accent! :D
I do wonder how many people mean every accent in the UK when saying about the way British people talk, or if they're referring to the more refined "Queens Tongue" which actually... I've heard about 3 people speak in my entire life if you don't include movies and the Queen herself. There's a huge variety in pronounciation and Yorkshire accents (and other northern dialects) definitely share similarities with Irish and Scottish accents and I understand for the most part, many American accents descend from these and a lot of the dialect has gone from being a dialect, to being the normal way of pronounciation.
For example "I haven't got a clue" in my dialect is "I a'nt got a clue" or in American "I ain't got a clue" :)
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