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[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 35 points 6 months ago

My favorite part about British prescriptivism is that when the languages diverged, many of the changes in pronunciation were initiated in British English while American English kept the originals. Of course that's not universally true but I always giggle when I see one brought up in that context.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 6 months ago

I saw something a long while back that suggested the British accent that is well known today started not long after the American revolution and was just a fad because some rich and popular dude started speaking that way and all his fans followed suit.

Not sure if that is actually true though.