An Upper-Class Southern British Accent, 1673 - 2023
1.5M views · Dec 25, 2023 · People & Blogs
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@Zodtheimmortal · 2 years ago
We also know about accents from the working class due to spelling mistakes in their writings.
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@wrench8149 · 2 years ago
I wonder how many more of us would be linguists if schools made linguistics half as interesting as Simon does.
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@Tennman653 · 1 year ago
I am tenth generation US southerner and have a British son in law. In my many trips to the UK I have noticed many similarities between English pronunciations and southern Americans.
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@Mrs-Nomer · 2 years ago
I once met an Australian woman who had been living in Ireland for several years, and her accent, a mingling of the two, sounded like someone from the American Midwest.
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@strictlyyoutube6881 · 2 years ago
The 1873 is how people in the Ascension Islands speak. I always thought it was a butchered English accent, however now I realise it is a time capsule of what English sounded like.
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@Ali-Bea · 11 months ago (edited)
One good clue is listening to recording of Virginia Woolf. She was born in 1882, and was recorded in the 30s - you’re hearing the voice of upper middle class Victorian England.
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@alessandrojaker7160 · 2 years ago
Hi, I'm a linguistics professor and I showed this video in my class. It seems very well done.
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@MrMh722 · 2 years ago (edited)
"I'm not formally qualified to [talk about this]"… proceeds to smash it! Quality as always Simon - thanks!
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@BethSultan-b1y · 1 year ago
American English sounds different to me as recently in movies from WW2
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@dianetheone4059 · 2 years ago
May all the world put down their arms and listen to Simon for a peaceful day.
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@williambock1821 · 2 years ago (edited)
The upper classes were the only ones with enough spare time to actually think about describing how they speak. It’s fascinating and I’m glad they did !
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@inkmime · 2 years ago
You have a phenomenal amount of voice acting talent to go along with your linguistic skills and it really helps in giving engaging examples of the accents.
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