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Re:Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? by allend on Sunday July 04, 2010 @10:56PM (#1487060)
Does this mean Kevin Costner didn't actually have a ridiculous accent in Robin Hood?
Re:Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? by hugh3 on Monday July 05, 2010 @12:43AM (#1487275)
Well, the Robin Hood stories are set about five centuries earlier, so I don't think anybody knows how things were pronounced back then. If you wanted a verbally authentic version of Robin Hood then it would be in a version of English closer to Chaucer's than Shakespeare's, and it would be almost completely incomprehensible.