Comment on Speak American
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 month 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 1 month agoReceived from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I don’t get the joke sorry.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.