Great Lakes Cities

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Originally Posted by iheartthed

It's because American/Canadian English escaped Britain before the Brits changed their accent.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english

This is commonly thought, but not exactly true. Both accents drifted over time from a common origin. In some ways North American English is more conservative. For example, we still use some vocabulary which has dropped out of use in the UK (diaper, calling the season between summer and winter fall, etc.), and most U.S. accents are still rhotic (pronounce the R) which is an innovation British English picked up in the 19th century. But in other ways American English has changed over time.

Here's a link to a semi-accurate 18th century accent as Benjamin Franklin would have spoken (embed not working for some reason - edited it out). It doesn't really sound RP or American. Sounds like some Northern English accents, Irish, or "pirate talk" to us.