gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 个月前Speak Americanlemmy.worldimagemessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1999arrow-down110
arrow-up1989arrow-down1imageSpeak Americanlemmy.worldgedaliyah@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 个月前message-square184fedilink
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前You’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前I just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation. Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前No…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent. No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.
You’re another that doesn’t understand “Received Pronunciation”, aren’t you?
Received from the great founders of England: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Lincoln, and Lord Martin Luther King Sr I.
I don’t get the joke sorry.
I just figured, if Old English came from America, then those great figures must be from whom we Receive Pronunciation.
Or are We not amused at the fantastical American origins of true English?
No…Received Pronunciation …a posh English accent.
No, I’m very amused at the idea that USAians created “the English accent”.
Oh, I’m quite aware. My own accent is pretty RP.