SolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldSolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChickenstalker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhy would they speak French or Italian? The Rennaisance happened in Britain too and they spoke ye olde English back then.
minus-squareCountess425@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWord on the street is that American English is actually closer to the English spoken by the British when they first landed and colonized the Americas. After the war they went back to their lil island and forgot how to pronounce their Rs.
minus-squareblackfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAmericans parrot this point. Its not true but sounds like it could be, so it sticks.
minus-squareSquare Singer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAmericans often also claim they invented Pizza
Why would they speak French or Italian? The Rennaisance happened in Britain too and they spoke ye olde English back then.
Word on the street is that American English is actually closer to the English spoken by the British when they first landed and colonized the Americas. After the war they went back to their lil island and forgot how to pronounce their Rs.
Americans parrot this point. Its not true but sounds like it could be, so it sticks.
Americans often also claim they invented Pizza