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Not surprising. People interested in such things say that the southern U.S. accent is closer to 18th century British English than current British English is.
vacri
on April 28, 2015
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Which British accent? One linguist says that you get a noticeable difference about every 25 miles in the UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7843058.stm
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Probably almost any of them. All the British accents I've ever heard sound less American than the Traistain de Cunha islanders.
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