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Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc... by pjc50 on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:45AM (#35949027)
> I think Americans are just parroting pop culture from GB

Yes - a new "cool brittania" era, this time mostly via TV and TikTok/Youtube rather than music.

I consider this harmlessly funny, it's the reverse of the ubiquitousness of Americanisms everywhere and the extent to which non-English speakers usually have Americanish accents.

(Long ago, US East Coasters used to adopt high class English accents for much the same reason, and there is still what's called a "mid Atlantic" accent).

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Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc... by wombatpm on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:52AM (#35949144)
I thought Mid Atlantic was a completely fake accent taught to radio and movie actors because of better fidelity with the recording equipment of the day
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Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc... by ticviking on Monday May 15, 2023 @11:15AM (#35949550)
My understanding is it was a constructed accent that took "upper class" elements from US and British English.
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Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc... by soulofmischief on Monday May 15, 2023 @11:11AM (#35949487)
It was also very quickly a self-reinforcing marker distinguishing one from the lower class.
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Re:Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British acc... by hunter2_ on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:18PM (#35950627)
The Wikipedia article on this accent touches on this briefly and calls it "possible" [0] while discussing other topics in much more depth.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent

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