Re: History Uk and America
I heard a story on NPR's show called "to the Best of Our Knowledge" entitled "Making Words" availble for podcast, but broadcast 7/31/2010. A woman author spoke of a book she wrote explaining how its the other way around. The British evolved their posh accent after the "split", the American Revolutionary War. The Americans didn't lose their British accents, but the Brits acquired theirs! Before 1800, she said the Brits spoke more with an accent similar to Appalacians today! She explained that the Brits changed the pronounciation of their a's like in dance and half and dropped their r's after vowels after 1820.