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Re:Yugoslavia's Digital Twin: when a country's internet doma... by BerislavLopac on Friday October 27, 2023 @04:13AM (#38035950)
It's not a rumour, it's a linguistic fact. It's not exactly the same, as the American English shifted as well -- but many obvious differences, like rhoticism, used to be a norm in the UK as well. In fact, they are still very present in some British accents (just remember the stereotypical Scottish accent), but have changed in "official" accents like RP.
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Re:Yugoslavia's Digital Twin: when a country's internet doma... by resonious on Friday October 27, 2023 @05:55AM (#38036548)
What's the evidence? I've seen people go back and forth about it, but never seen any actual convincing arguments.
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Re:Yugoslavia's Digital Twin: when a country's internet doma... by BerislavLopac on Friday October 27, 2023 @02:29PM (#38042096)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English
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Re:Yugoslavia's Digital Twin: when a country's internet doma... by OfSanguineFire on Friday October 27, 2023 @05:05PM (#38043917)
The rumor the OP mentions that often gets dismissed as bullshit, might be the one that “in a valley in West Virginia/on an island off the Eastern seaboard, people still speak Elizabethan English!”. And that irks people who are knowledgeable because, as you state, American English is a mix of some archaisms along with boatloads of innovations of its own.
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