I thought it was native to wealthy families from Jersey/Virginia/Maryland. People that grew up in Martha’s vineyard.
Never really. Mid-Atlantic was taught in elocution lessons but didn’t really exist outside film and theatre.
Triasha@lemmy.world 1 month ago
DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Only if they copied the movies. Stewie in the Family Guy speaks in a Mid-Atlantic accent which is why he pronounces his H’s etc.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve always preferred calling it “trans-atlantic” to avoid confusion with the “Mid-Atlantic Region” of the US which is on the East Coast roughly from New Jersey down to Virginia, maybe the very northern Coast of North Carolina. Some people include New York/NYC but I can’t agree.
Triasha@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s definitely where my mind goes.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 month ago
Oh I actually thought the comment I replied to replied to your comment about broadcast English xD