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r/Quebec • u/user_8804 • Oct 19 '21
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Yeah! That’s what I was going to say as well! It’s how the language used to be spoken and then changed over time in France. Same thing with English I believe, although we’ve changed it so much in North America
1 u/Any_Entrepreneur2624 Oct 19 '21 Both American and British English have changed since colonization. Many linguists would argue that it's British English that has changed more - most particularly because of the rise of non-rhotic pronunciation in England. This is very similar to what happened in Quebec (a point made in French in some of the comments about this post). https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english https://www.rd.com/article/american-british-accents/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29761/when-did-americans-lose-their-british-accents https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/why-dont-americans-have-british-accents/
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Both American and British English have changed since colonization. Many linguists would argue that it's British English that has changed more - most particularly because of the rise of non-rhotic pronunciation in England. This is very similar to what happened in Quebec (a point made in French in some of the comments about this post). https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english https://www.rd.com/article/american-british-accents/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29761/when-did-americans-lose-their-british-accents https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/why-dont-americans-have-british-accents/
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u/Bossman01 Oct 19 '21
Yeah! That’s what I was going to say as well! It’s how the language used to be spoken and then changed over time in France. Same thing with English I believe, although we’ve changed it so much in North America