Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Did George Washington have a British accent?

By 1770, the total population of Great Britain's 13 colonies in America was approximately 1.5 million.

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Did George Washington Have a British Accent?

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B y 1770, the total population of Great Britain's 13 colonies in America was approximately 1.5 million. It raises the question: Since much of the population of the fledgling U.S. descended from Brits, would the American speech pattern at the time have sounded British? Could someone like George Washington, one of the most famous early Americans, have had a British accent?

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