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Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents?
美国人英国人:口音为什么会不同?
In 1776, whether you were declaring America independent from the crown or swearing your loyalty to King George III, your pronunciation would have been much the same. At that time, American and British accents hadn't yet diverged. What's surprising, though, is that Hollywood costume dramas get it all wrong: The Patriots and the Redcoats spoke with accents that were much closer to the contemporary American accent than to the Queen's English.
1776年,不管是美国人公布国家独立或英国人宣誓尽忠英王乔治三世,人们的发音都大致相同。据博文深圳翻译公司介绍,当时,美国和英国口音尚未分化。然而,令人惊奇的是,好莱坞古装片都搞错了:爱国者美国兵和英国兵(注:美国独立战役时期英国士兵穿红色军上衣)的发音更接近当代美国口音而不是女王时期的尺度英语。
It is the standard British accent that has drastically changed in the past two centuries, while the typical American accent has changed only subtly.
在过去的两个世纪,尺度的英国口音已发生巨大变化,而典型的美国口音则只有微妙改变。