Live Science: Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents? by Natalie Wolchover

"What's surprising, though, is that Hollywood costume dramas get it all wrong: The Patriots and the Redcoats spoke with accents that were much closer to the contemporary American accent than to the Queen's English."

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