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american accent - that sound almost english...
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certain american accents - such as frasier and niles crane, have a distinctive american accent in that it could almost be an english one.
where is this from? is it regional?
or just a certain type of ''posh'' american, that is akin to a british person who adopts a 1950s cut glass accent?
where is this from? is it regional?
or just a certain type of ''posh'' american, that is akin to a british person who adopts a 1950s cut glass accent?
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A speculative appraisal:
I find my accent quickly evolves to emulated that of someone I am seeking to befriend or whom I admire. I suspect that the British accent is influenced by proximity to nobility whereas Americans, perhaps more in a historical perspective, had a tendency to skew away from an accent perceived as British giving it a somewhat unpleasant unwelcoming rebellious tone to the British especially among Americans that are more retentive of their culturally ingrained predisposition?
I find my accent quickly evolves to emulated that of someone I am seeking to befriend or whom I admire. I suspect that the British accent is influenced by proximity to nobility whereas Americans, perhaps more in a historical perspective, had a tendency to skew away from an accent perceived as British giving it a somewhat unpleasant unwelcoming rebellious tone to the British especially among Americans that are more retentive of their culturally ingrained predisposition?
The Boston accent is so English as to be called 'Boston English'. A good example of this would be Lloyd Grossman.
Parts of New England, unsurprisingly, have an English influence in the accent, and the accent of New Bedford has a Cornish or West Country influence due to the West Country fisherfolk who settled there.
Posh Americans like Frasier and Niles are also anglified, though that is a class thing rather than a regional thing.
Parts of New England, unsurprisingly, have an English influence in the accent, and the accent of New Bedford has a Cornish or West Country influence due to the West Country fisherfolk who settled there.
Posh Americans like Frasier and Niles are also anglified, though that is a class thing rather than a regional thing.
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