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avengerrox1
· 9 years ago
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http://the-toast.net/2014/03/19/a-linguist-explains-british-accents-of-yore/view-all/ This article uses a lot of demonstrations and references, so I trust it. Anyone find a refutation, please let me know, I'm really curious.
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willfree
· 9 years ago
I don't have sources atm but I heard a lecture series recently about the development of the language that was full of examples of the way particularly vowels have changed over time. From memory Shakespeare was before The Great Vowel Shift and sounded more like modern Gaelic than either English or American. If you want to keep reading, start with the Great Vowel Shift, I reckon. It's interesting stuff.
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avengerrox1
· 9 years ago
Huh, I'll have to check that out, thanks!
yeroc790
· 9 years ago
Good girl avenger, doing her research :D
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avengerrox1
· 9 years ago
Female but yeah, I'm curious XD
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· 9 years ago
That's fascinating.
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guest
· 9 years ago
Isn't actual Shakespeare more "piratey" than American?
kisnotundercover
· 9 years ago
We are the original
jokur_and_batmon
· 9 years ago
YAY! Wait does that mean that the doctor should actually have 'the original' northern accent or did the same thing happen on Gallifrey
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wonky_groundhog
· 9 years ago
Asking the real questions.
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qngff
· 9 years ago
Really though, the 2012 Much Ado About Nothing was amazing.
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wiggleworm29
· 9 years ago
It really was..watched it on Netflix. Has always been my favourite Shakespeare play and that sealed the deal again
avengerrox1
· 9 years ago
I haven't seen the 2012, but the one with Emma Thompson is amazing
wiggleworm29
· 9 years ago
Indeed. So funny!
avengerrox1
· 9 years ago
I just don't see why people think Shakespeare is boring! Unless they just read it...
guest
· 9 years ago
Not quite, over time the british accent became less and less rhotic, meaning they don't pronounce r as much, while american accents stayed rhotic, but still changing in different ways. (like in far, it would be pronounced faah in non rhotic speech.) Because non-rhotic speech was used by the upper class, people tried to emulate it and they ended up with the non-rhotic English accent.
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