Today’s British accent first appeared among London’s upper class around the time of the American Revolution. Before that, the British accent was similar to that of Americans.
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Conservative of the Southwest and the musings of the day. – Murum Aries Attigit
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I will not have it Sir!
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The dialect closest to Shakespeare’s is that of Appalachia, minus some borrowed words.
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