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Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:26 am to Sayre
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One of you scholars answer me this. Why is it when someone is singing in English, no matter whether they're from the United Kingdom, Australia, or America, their singing voice sounds American. It doesn't matter if it's Mick Jagger or Elvis Costello or Adele. I first noticed it when I was about 4 or 5 and saw the Beatles singing on TV in a replay of one of their Ed Sullivan performances. I remember being floored when they were interviewed and spoke English with an accent I'd never heard before even though Paul's and John's singing sounded American. I always took it to mean that speaking with an American accent meant speaking in highly enunciated English or really the lack of an accent altogether.
The Beatles always sounded British to me.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:29 am to LSU alum wannabe
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What ever caused us to lose ours? When and how did settlers and later early Americans stop speaking with an accent? Or START speaking with an American one?
Most historians believe we didn't lose anything. It's believed that the American English is closer to what was being spoken in England in the 1600s. The aristocracy in England began exaggerating their pronunciation (to separate themselves farther from the commoners), and the commoners eventually joined suit.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:32 am to HashSlingingSlasher
Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:32 am to HashSlingingSlasher
They speak weird because they are foreigners.
They sound like us when they sing so they can sell more records.
They sound like us when they sing so they can sell more records.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:35 am to HashSlingingSlasher
Why can't the English speak their own tongue?
Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:37 am to USAF Hart
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You're talkin rubbish m8. Go polish off a todger you bloody wanka.
Cheeky kunt. I'm gonna 'av a slap at ur mince pies, you fockin twat. I just had a snort of Charlie n got a txt from ur mum to com over 4 BBC n chill, u nasty fookin nans. Piss off.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:38 am to HashSlingingSlasher
wE SOUND THE EXACT SAME TO THEM AND THEY SOUND THE SAME TO US
Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:43 am to HashSlingingSlasher
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why do british people speak so weird
we sound weird to them
especially Yats like me
Posted on 1/8/16 at 12:07 pm to Bluefin
Ok ok im done. you win 
Posted on 1/8/16 at 12:08 pm to USAF Hart
Posted on 1/8/16 at 12:42 pm to HashSlingingSlasher
Posted on 1/8/16 at 12:51 pm to madmaxvol
This chick actually nails most of these. Some are very hard to mimic if you aren't native to that particular region. I have a soft spot for the Yorkshire brogue...it's my personal favorite
Ayup, Mate...
Ayup, Mate...
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:19 pm to fr33manator
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The accents of New Orleans, New York City and Boston are curiously similar.
Anyone know why?
They are port cities
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:21 pm to tigermike5
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They are port cities
Yes, that's the obvious. But do you know the deeper reason?
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:38 pm to HashSlingingSlasher
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HashSlingingSlasher
It's good that Poncho is around or you'd be a leading candidate.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:39 pm to fr33manator
they all have "O's" in their spelling
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:42 pm to LeonPhelps
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The Beatles always sounded British to me.
Sometimes you would get a hint of it but most of the time to my ears it's not nearly so pronounced.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:43 pm to HashSlingingSlasher
The same reason people all around the country have their own type of English (speak with an accent). Why do they call coke a pop up north? Why do some people say pee CAN, some say Pa CONE, etc.
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