gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4か月前Speak Americanlemmy.worldimagemessage-square204fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down110
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minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4か月前Old English would like to have a word.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4か月前You’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4か月前Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4か月前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?
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4か月前No…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent. No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4か月前Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.
Old English would like to have a word.
Old English, where is that from?
ingerland
America
You’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
I don’t get the joke sorry.
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?
No…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent.
No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.