tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288911.post6998499350343479243..comments2024-02-17T10:19:19.982-05:00Comments on HolyJuan: Elementary School Teaching American Children English… With a British Accent!HolyJuanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657032956798346089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288911.post-33796931052957695802008-10-28T13:54:00.000-04:002008-10-28T13:54:00.000-04:00^To ThomasActually Shakespearean English accents w...^To Thomas<BR/>Actually Shakespearean English accents were far nearer Northern English.<BR/>_______________________________<BR/><BR/><BR/>The problem the Americans seem to have is that the range of English accents and dialects of English across the UK is far greater than the range of accents in the US.<BR/><BR/>Don't forget that the rather mild Scottish accent emulated by Mel Gibson in 'Braveheart' was considered so exotic in America that there were subtitled screenings.<BR/><BR/>I'd recommend trying to find any YouTube videos posted by people from the following areas, just because they're some of the most different:<BR/>Newcastle,<BR/>Liverpool,<BR/>Somerset,<BR/>Edinburgh,<BR/>Hull and <BR/>Belfast.<BR/><BR/>After a couple of these you realise that Received Pronunciation really originates from the Home Counties and is barely "English" (Demonym rather than the Language), let alone "British"!<BR/><BR/>Many thanks.AJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489889449650831420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288911.post-47789058699770107922008-10-16T20:13:00.000-04:002008-10-16T20:13:00.000-04:00I find this particularly funny because there are a...I find this particularly funny because there are a number of linguists who assert that the English accent of Shakespeare and Elizabeth I's time was actually more similar to the accent of 21st century America than it is to the accent of modern England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com