The British Accent. Did you know the British are relatively new? After England lost the Revolutionary War, the elites decided they did not want to sound American. The elites, like Doctors and the Academies Royalty, changed their accents to sound more refined in their eyes—and not sound American. " the standard British accent was the one that changed significantly in the last two centuries while the American accent stayed more or less the same."
https://englishforless.com/2015/05/american-accent-the-original-british-accent/
Interesting. Never heard of non-rhotic but makes sense. Still is same today - the desperate wannabee "higher class" (but not real aristocracy) definitely have a particular accent which many call "strangulated" because you can only really carry it off properly by tightening your neck muscles. I do still like the way your tranny bloke speaks though.
The British Accent. Did you know the British are relatively new? After England lost the Revolutionary War, the elites decided they did not want to sound American. The elites, like Doctors and the Academies Royalty, changed their accents to sound more refined in their eyes—and not sound American. " the standard British accent was the one that changed significantly in the last two centuries while the American accent stayed more or less the same." https://englishforless.com/2015/05/american-accent-the-original-british-accent/
Interesting. Never heard of non-rhotic but makes sense. Still is same today - the desperate wannabee "higher class" (but not real aristocracy) definitely have a particular accent which many call "strangulated" because you can only really carry it off properly by tightening your neck muscles. I do still like the way your tranny bloke speaks though.