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Old 04-06-2012, 03:14 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by narfforc
The strange thing is, why don't those who used to be The Colonies speak with accents like ours, after all most of them came from here (England).
Assuming you're referring to the USA, the two largest ancestral groups are German and Irish. English comes third.

With so many Americans of non-English descent, I don't think it's surprising that American voices are distinct from English ones.
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