Why do Americans and Brits have different accents?

[cnm]

It is the standard British accent

I love the angst about Britain and England.

 

[Mindful]

In 1776, whether you were declaring America independent from the crown or swearing your loyalty to King George III, your pronunciation would have been much the same.

Yeah right. As though Scots, Welsh and Irish, not to mention English dialects all sounded the same.

Stalking me again?

 

[Mindful]

In 1776, whether you were declaring America independent from the crown or swearing your loyalty to King George III, your pronunciation would have been much the same. ...

But the first publishing of the declaration of independence was in the German language in the English colony USA.

Can you show me?

 

[Mindful]

It is the standard British accent

I love the angst about Britain and England.

Troll elsewhere!

 

[cnm]

Troll elsewhere!

Be more accurate in your wittering.

 

[Mindful]

Troll elsewhere!

Be more accurate in your wittering.

So you admit it?

 

[Mindful]

lol.

Aussies slur their words and use only two-thirds of their mouth to speak because early settlers spent most of their days DRUNK, academic says

• The Australian language developed because early settlers were often drunk
• Academic claims the constant slurring of words distorted the accent
• The average Australian speaks to just two thirds capacity
• The drunken speech has been passed down from generation to generation.

Read more: Australian accent developed by early settlers who spent most of their days drunk | Daily Mail Online

 

[zaangalewa]

... Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents?

- What for heavens sake did the Brits and Americans do with the German language? ... And what do you think how many languages would exist in the North of the continent America if the mass media would not exist? Hundreds? Thousands? Take a look at this tree: .

Englisch is here "Indogermanic - Kentum languages - West Germanic - English " - and that's it. I would say the interesting question is: "Why bears English no new languages, although lots of people speak English"?

Have you ever listened to Texan German?

No. I thought no one speaks any longer German in the USA since world war 1 - except the Amish people. And the Amish speak not very much.

 

[Mindful]

... Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents?

- What for heavens sake did the Brits and Americans do with the German language? ... And what do you think how many languages would exist in the North of the continent America if the mass media would not exist? Hundreds? Thousands? Take a look at this tree: .

Englisch is here "Indogermanic - Kentum languages - West Germanic - English " - and that's it. I would say the interesting question is: "Why bears English no new languages, although lots of people speak English"?

Have you ever listened to Texan German?

No. I thought no one speaks any longer German in the USA since world war 1 - except the Amish people.

I know they recite the scriptures in German.

Though there are pockets of German migrants in the US where they carry on the traditions, and even give a nod to the language. Not mainstream though.

 

[Nosmo King]

Why does my Pittsburgh accent sound so different from my neighbors in Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York?

I spent a lot of time in New Jersey where they thought I came from the south. I also spent a lot of time in Alabama where they pegged me for a Yankee as soon as I said hello.

 

[Mindful]

Very funny.

 

[zaangalewa]

... Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents?

- What for heavens sake did the Brits and Americans do with the German language? ... And what do you think how many languages would exist in the North of the continent America if the mass media would not exist? Hundreds? Thousands? Take a look at this tree: .

Englisch is here "Indogermanic - Kentum languages - West Germanic - English " - and that's it. I would say the interesting question is: "Why bears English no new languages, although lots of people speak English"?

Have you ever listened to Texan German?

No. I thought no one speaks any longer German in the USA since world war 1 - except the Amish people.

I know they recite the scriptures in German.

Though there are pockets of German migrants in the US where they carry on the traditions, and even give a nod to the language. Not mainstream though.

Nothing in the German culture is a mainstream - all together is the stream. The Amish are the Amish - they have reasons for to be who they are. They are part of the US-American culture - that's what they like to be and that's what they are. Pennsylvanian Dutch is also a part of the US-American culture.

Amish:


German:

 

[Mindful]

Why does my Pittsburgh accent sound so different from my neighbors in Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York?

I spent a lot of time in New Jersey where they thought I came from the south. I also spent a lot of time in Alabama where they pegged me for a Yankee as soon as I said hello.

That's true. I can pick up on those differences too. The Minnesota accent, for example, is quite distinctive.

But.....the connecting tissue between al of them is the rhotic R.

 

[Mindful]

... Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents?

- What for heavens sake did the Brits and Americans do with the German language? ... And what do you think how many languages would exist in the North of the continent America if the mass media would not exist? Hundreds? Thousands? Take a look at this tree: .

Englisch is here "Indogermanic - Kentum languages - West Germanic - English " - and that's it. I would say the interesting question is: "Why bears English no new languages, although lots of people speak English"?

Have you ever listened to Texan German?

No. I thought no one speaks any longer German in the USA since world war 1 - except the Amish people.

I know they recite the scriptures in German.

Though there are pockets of German migrants in the US where they carry on the traditions, and even give a nod to the language. Not mainstream though.

Nothing in the German culture is a mainstream - all together is the stream. The Amish are the Amish - they have reasons for to be who they are. They are part of the US-American culture - that's what they like to be and that's what they are.

The idea of going to America is to leave what you were behind, and become something else.

 

[cnm]

So you admit it?

That you witter inaccurately? Who could deny it?

 

[zaangalewa]

It is the standard British accent

I love the angst about Britain and England.

I never understand by the way what the people in the English speaking world try to say by using the German word "angst". Angst is an essential form of fear, very fundamental. All animals suffer angst. It's a psychological form of pain. Why did you not say "I love the fear about Britain and England"? Why did you use the word "angst"?

 

[zaangalewa]

- What for heavens sake did the Brits and Americans do with the German language? ... And what do you think how many languages would exist in the North of the continent America if the mass media would not exist? Hundreds? Thousands? Take a look at this tree: .

Englisch is here "Indogermanic - Kentum languages - West Germanic - English " - and that's it. I would say the interesting question is: "Why bears English no new languages, although lots of people speak English"?

Have you ever listened to Texan German?

No. I thought no one speaks any longer German in the USA since world war 1 - except the Amish people.

I know they recite the scriptures in German.

Though there are pockets of German migrants in the US where they carry on the traditions, and even give a nod to the language. Not mainstream though.

Nothing in the German culture is a mainstream - all together is the stream. The Amish are the Amish - they have reasons for to be who they are. They are part of the US-American culture - that's what they like to be and that's what they are.

The idea of going to America is to leave what you were behind, and become something else.

The Amish went to the USA for to be able to stay what they are. This is not compatible with your idea about the USA. So what are the Amish in your point of view? A foreign object?

 

[Mindful]

It is the standard British accent

I love the angst about Britain and England.

I never understand by the way what the people in the English speaking world try to say by using the German word "angst". Angst is an essential form of fear, very fundamental. All animals suffer angst. It's a psychological form of pain. Why did you not say "I love the fear about Britain and England"? Why did you use the word "angst"?

Some German words which have become common parlance in English, seem to sum things up so well. Like Doppelgänger for instance.

The English language is very accommodating towards the integration of foreign words.

 

[Mindful]

Have you ever listened to Texan German?

No. I thought no one speaks any longer German in the USA since world war 1 - except the Amish people.

I know they recite the scriptures in German.

Though there are pockets of German migrants in the US where they carry on the traditions, and even give a nod to the language. Not mainstream though.

Nothing in the German culture is a mainstream - all together is the stream. The Amish are the Amish - they have reasons for to be who they are. They are part of the US-American culture - that's what they like to be and that's what they are.

The idea of going to America is to leave what you were behind, and become something else.

The Amish went to the USA for to be able to stay what they are. This is not compatible with your idea about the USA. So what are the Amish in your point of view? A foreign object?

The others then,

 

[Mindful]

So you admit it?

That you witter inaccurately? Who could deny it?

You're not in the Flame Zone now.

Had you not noticed?