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Re:The enigmatic Portuguese R (2013) by bigodbiel on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:08AM (#29934540)
This really reminds me of “tranatlantic accent” which prevailed in the mid 1900 and for many non-English speakers was considered as the de facto English, mainly because of it popularization via news and entertainment industries.

Just like Hollywood and news broadcast, Brazilian soap operas have created the de facto Portuguese accent for non-Portuguese speakers.

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Re:The enigmatic Portuguese R (2013) by ilamont on Friday January 14, 2022 @01:56PM (#29938560)
I knew it as "mid-Atlantic" ... you sometimes hear it in old black and white Hollywood movies featuring upper crust East Coast Americans and media personalities like William F. Buckley. I believe FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt used it as well.
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