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TIL that all those videos about the old Hollywood accent are absolute BS. (youtu.be)

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_ 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

TL;DW?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The famous Transatlantic/Mid-Atlantic "Hollywood accent" that Wikipedia and countless Youtube videos have "reported" on is a myth. It is a completely made up thing that didn't actually happen at all.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Dr. Lindsey’s videos are treasure if you’re into English speech minutia or language in general.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I learned this yesterday from the same video. Dr Geoff Lindsey is great.