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Re: Accents.

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From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject Re: Accents.
Date Mon, 3 Nov 2025 13:11:12 +0100
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On 2025-11-02 19:48, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 11:13:07 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 02/11/2025 00:49, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 14:44:15 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> If the goal is to have English as an universal language, teaching a
>>>> common accent makes a lot of sense.
>>>
>>> Good luck getting everyone to talk like Kevin Costner. He took a lot of
>>> heat for his role in 'Robin Hood' for not even trying for a British
>>> accent.
>>
>> If he had done an Appalachian accent it would have been more
>> authentic...
> 
> I have read that RP has evolved enough that some US accents are closer to
> 17th century British than anything modern. I've also read that Quebec
> French is closer to the French of Louis XIV than modern Parisian French.
> 
> It's interesting how accents drift with time.

At least some of the Spanish variants in america are similar to ancient 
Spanish in Spain.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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          Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-04 04:28 +0000
      Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-03 13:11 +0100
        Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 12:26 +0000

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