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British people have TOO MANY regional accents (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 months ago by SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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It's a tiny ass island yet whenever a British person hears another British person they'll be like "Oi guvenor! I know exactly where in Merry-ol-England they are from! Clearly they're from Bovinshire-upon-Weavilton!" And Bovinshire-upon-Weavilton is a town like 10 minutes away from where they live.

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[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Is that like Canterbury Tales accent?

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

No its the Shakespeare accent. Canterbury is if I recall Middle English and the next earliest.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

i dont think there's a canterbury tales accent. IIRC chaucer has characters speaking in at least two different accents in it.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

The more you know!

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