Why Americans Like British Accents

Here, I discuss why I think that we as Americans enjoy listening to and emulating different accents.

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• accent
• british
• english

[LukeBD140]

@kennydude19 I agree........Americans are really just descendants of us English........thats why they speak English, not American.

But hay.....I love England and American and I'm English.

[lollylopdraws]

if you are going to do british accents then look at what makes up britain try doing welsh accents and scottish accents and northern irish accents aswell as english accents thats why it infuriates me when people call britain england its not its britain!!!!!!

[cmomofilm]

I assume Americans have never heard a Brummie, Scouse, Jordie or South London accent. I've never heard anyone thats not in a film or on tv speak in the "British" accent she does an impression of.

[tomsk14]

Youre english accent is really not bad at all compared to most americans. See Dick van Dyke in mary poppins to see how most americans try to speak english - a very flat and bizarre, overly tonal version of cockney.

[radgemasterben]

good well spoken english there. its mad how diverse the accents in england alone are, never mind scotish, irish n welsh. carlisle and newcastle have almost a totaly different language lol. americans dont see much geordie n north england realy. yet america is so big but the accent is quite global. anyone get me??

[ColdRicki]

@LukeBD140 descendants of abit of dutch and English

[Wh47n0w1517]

@Wh47n0w1517

Oh, @tristanmaxlenczner, and before you go into one with the name calling of madness, the Romans did get a part of Caledonia for a while, they got as far as the Antonine Wall....But the Romans could not keep that part of Caledonia and retreated back to Hadrian's Wall.

[Wh47n0w1517]

@tristanmaxlenczner

Dude, the Romans never took Scotland and north of Hadrian's Wall was called Caledonia by the Romans, it was not part of the Roman provinces, Britannia.

The 1707 Acts of Union declared that England and Scotland are united into one kingdom by the name of Great Britain, not Britain. The longer form “Great Britain” is the correct name for England, Wales, and Scotland, and not the short form of the name, “Britain.”

[tristanmaxlenczner]

@Wh47n0w1517

Britain |ˈbritn- An island that consists of England, Wales, and Scotland and includes the small adjacent islands. The name is broadly synonymous with Great Britain, but the longer form is more usual for the political unit. See also Great Britain .

ORIGIN Old English Breoton, from Latin Brittones ‘Britons,’ superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French Bretaigne (from Latin Brit(t)annia).

[TheScottGordon]

@lollylopdraws calm down. English english is just more beautiful :)

[Kevjin]

Any accent spoken in England can be labled an English accent. Manc, scouse, cockney, brum.English accent.

I get your point though, guys and gals.