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Re:When did Americans lose their British accents? by thefringthing on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:33AM (#22289397)
It's possible for both dialects to evolve, but at different rates. Present-day Quebecois French is not identical to 17th century French, but it's closer to it than present-day Parisian French is.
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Re:When did Americans lose their British accents? by jeromegv on Monday February 10, 2020 @11:56AM (#22290851)
You can't just make that kind of statement as a fact without providing any kind of source. Read any text from 17th century, languages have evolved quite a bit on both sides of the atlantic. One big reason why Parisian french would be quite different is that colonization to New France did not come from Paris.
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Re:When did Americans lose their British accents? by umanwizard on Monday February 10, 2020 @12:02PM (#22290906)
People say this, but I've always thought it was just another piece of pop badlinguistics nonsense that you hear about practically every language. Do you have a reliable source?
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