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minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoReceived from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoI just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation. Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoNo…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent. No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoOh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.
Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
I don’t get the joke sorry.
I just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation.
Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
No…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent.
No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.