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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (4 children)

There's a different accent every 50 or so miles.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Along with a new word for bread roll.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

And a new cake, pudding, pie or cheese named after the nearest town

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Pfft, 50 miles? I can tell which town most of the people in my area are from by their accent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

More like every 5 miles

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

When I grew up near a town of 6000 people in northern Ireland in the 70's there were four distinct accents. Partly because there were two different recent growth phases to the town that brought in new people (from other parts of northern Ireland). And also because TV + education caused a generational change too for the locals. The much older inhabitants had a more Elizabethan grammer and a mix of Irish/Scots Gaelic + old English nautical vocabulary.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's not an accent. We're the only people in the world without an accent. In fact, I'm the only person in the world without an accent.

[+] [email protected] -10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Americans are the ones without accents.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago

If you didn't almost certainly have a gun on you right now, you'd be in for it mister.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Depends on your definition of "accent" (yes, really). Is an accent a deviation from standard/dictionary, or is standard/dictionary also an accent?
Assuming standard isn't accent, depends on the zone/individual. We all know about Brooklyn and Southern drawl and Minnesotan, etc.
Assuming standard isn't accent, Americans have less accent than other English-speakers, but more accent than you'd think. For example, Americans say "budder" instead of "butter".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think the closest widely spoken accent to what was spoken in England a few hundred years ago is southern American IIRC. I think there's actually an island in Virginia that is almost totally isolated, and they have what we suspect is the closest.

It's still all accents obviously, but if you mean the least changed from what it used to be at one point (which is different than what it was at a different point), you are mostly correct. Obviously there are still a million variations of American accents, and even a lot of variations of the southern American accent.

[–] RedstoneValley 44 points 4 months ago

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Akchually, the United Kingdom has a wide variety of accents and no single "British accent" exists.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_ 3 points 4 months ago

So far, what I've learned from this thread is that they all have accents and none of them does.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

I'm an American who spent a lot of time in the north of England. If anything it gets even worse.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah, the moment they don't think anyone's listening, they all sound identical to John Wayne. Yes, the women and children too. Especially the children.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Confirmed, Duke Nukem is British

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"I'm here to eat crumpets and kick arse and I'm all out of crumpets"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As I've explained to my Irish colleagues many many times - you're the one with the accent!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Dublin Northsider has entered the chat.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

...well? Do they?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Aww shucks pardner. You got me, dag nabbit. Yee ha.

[–] SapphironZA 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What accent?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

All of them

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

It’s more of an out loud thing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No they speak French.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You mean the King's English?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

God's very own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No I just masturbate like an insane chimp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Danny Jon-Jules doesn't seem to have it.