An amusing truth

[Kingsdaughter613 she/her]

Who else finds it amusing that the American English accent is older than the British one?

And also thinks it’s very funny when people say, “I can’t imagine historical English speakers with American accents! It’s too modern!” Uh... You do know that the Brits only tossed the R AFTER the American Revolution, right guys?

So this is a thread for anyone else who finds it really, really funny that Shakespeare sounded more like modern Americans than modern Brits.

[Honorless he/him]

*Raises hand* And honestly, I always liked the American accent better anyways. 

[Aspiring Writer]

There is only one response to this. 'MURICA!

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, Aspiring Writer said:

There is only one response to this. 'MURICA!

My grandmother gets so mad when my grandfather does that.

[BreezeCauthon he/him]

What about Irish and Scottish accents? Where do they fall on the oldness scale?

[Aspiring Writer]

3 hours ago, The Unknown Order said:

My grandmother gets so mad when my grandfather does that.

but it's so funny