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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 10 months ago

I saw something a long while back that suggested the British accent that is well known today started not long after the American revolution and was just a fad because some rich and popular dude started speaking that way and all his fans followed suit.

Not sure if that is actually true though.