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Been in the UK for a year now and I still can't get over how when I'm meeting people some sound completely American where me as an American will ask where you from originally? And they'll laugh and say here in England but that they get mistaken for American constantly.
Why is this and how is this possible? Their parents aren't American..
Here in the UK there is a huge range of different accents depending what part of the country you come from. Even some of the commonly used dialect varies in different parts of the UK, so much so that despite using the same basic language people from different parts of the country will often struggle to understand each other. With this being the case it’s highly likely that some accents sound more similar to American accents than others.
Idk ive always wondered how there are so many different accents in a country so tiny
Probably some regional UK accents are rhotic, versus the more “standard” non-rhotic “British” accent. I’m sure American media culture has had some influence.
Even some people from Ontario, Canada have different accents. Some are more non-rhotic and British-sounding, and others sound more like what’s considered a standard Canadian accent.
Even people from the same town or area have different accents. I went to college in Texas, and some of them spoke with the standard American “news anchor” accent, and some were yee-haw country Southern.
I dunno, but I wish we could do the voice thing that we did here years ago. I've been told I dont have much of an accent but it's grown, especially if I'm mad or passionate about what I'm sayin. I'm from New Jersey, by the way. Not the city areas though where this sorta type of accent would be normal. I also type how I talk. Poor grammar sometimes, leavin the g off the end of "ing" words... even the word the...usually comes out as da..duh.
I’m from the UK and I’ve noticed this too, I sometimes find northern UK and American accents difficult to tell apart. They both say “can’t” as cay-n’t instead of car-n’t amongst other things.
Not sure how true this is, but I heard that in Shakespeare's time their accent sounded more American than British by today's standards
People who weren’t born in England, and learn English abroad, will learn American English as it’s easier to learn the pronunciation of words etc...
Have you been listening to streamers or podcasters with another accent. I've seen people slowly change their accents because of that.