View Single Post
 
Old 12-30-2023, 08:49 AM
Two Bills Two Bills is offline
Sage
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 6,342
Thanks: 1,812
Thanked 8,103 Times in 2,840 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by mntlblok View Post
What a fun rabbit hole this British accent stuff sent me down. It appears that both RP and Mid-Atlantic accents were "contrived" at boarding schools on either side of the Atlantic. *And*, had no idea about Gen Z stuff such as this. Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents? | Life and style | The Guardian
Probably the worst British accent by an American was Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.
Horrendous!