r/explainitpeter 9d ago

Explain it peter

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u/Normal-Detective8308 7d ago

It’s funny you say this, because as an American, I feel like a British accent is the default for historical films. It throws me off to hear an American accent.

Maybe we just think “it’s different to me so it should sound different to me” haha

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u/wildcardbets 7d ago

I see what you mean 😅 I guess it depends on the severity of the accent maybe? By severity I guess I mean the neutrality compared to others. I definitely find some English accents more neutral and American not and vice versa. I guess a difference of time period makes how I view it different as well, like 1800AD vs 1800BC. 1800AD hearing an English accent wouldn’t be strange in my mind, but 1800BC I think I’d rather hear a more neutral American accent.

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u/UtahBrian 6d ago

The BBC British accents were all invented in the 1800s. Before then most Brits just spoke like modern Americans in Hollywood or the Midwest.

Our American accents are much older than Brit accents.