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Languages and Linguistics

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2. To my non-expert ear, there are some similarities between a southern U.S. and some British accents.

Sun Mar 17, 2024, 04:00 PM

Mar 2024

Show me a Brit who can do a strong boston accent and I'll be real impressed.

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The Differences Between Regional Southern Accents, According To A Linguist [View all] Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 OP

This southerner totally agrees!! Lunabell Mar 2024 #1

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I talk a dialect from Sand Mountain near Albertville, Alabama. House of Roberts Mar 2024 #3