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Re:When did Americans lose their British accents? by rootbear on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:12AM (#22289726)
When I first learned about these OP (Original Pronunciation) productions of Shakespeare, from a BBC news article on-line, they commented that it sounded like the English of North Carolina! If you are interested in this, I recommend "Pronouncing Shakespeare" by David Crystal. It documents how he worked with the Globe company on an OP performance of "Romeo and Juliet".
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Re:When did Americans lose their British accents? by leoc on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:52AM (#22290114)
Nice short video featuring the Crystals, the Globe and Shakespeare's OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiblRSqhL04 .
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Re:When did Americans lose their British accents? by amyjess on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:18PM (#22292235)
I would imagine that they're not talking about general North Carolina English so much as the dialect of the island of Ocracoke, which has a number of conservative features that date back to Shakespeare's day.

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