Comment on Speak American
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months agoReceived from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
Comment on Speak American
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months agoReceived from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I don’t get the joke sorry.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation.
Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 months ago
No…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent.
No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.