gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoSpeak Americanimagemessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down110
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minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYou’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoReceived from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation. Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoNo…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent. No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoOh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.
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You’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
I don’t get the joke sorry.
I just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation.
Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
No…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent.
No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.