Why are the accents modern day English? The English accent was equivalent to the modern Northern American. In other words, in 1607 even the British SOUNDED American. When will TV and movies get this straight? If British actors are imported for the appearance of "authentic", when is the UK going to get with it? The massive shift to the "modern" accent was not complete before at least 1750, and most of it occurred between 1700-1750.
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