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Old 25th April 2020, 01:31 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by David R
... archaic forms were preserved in the colonial patois (as with US Anglic) ...
The overall accent and language of modern USA (and Canadian) citizens is actually closer to pre-Victorian 'Proper King's English', The current proliferation of local regional variants in the UK enables me to tell people here That I'M the one speaking 'Proper' English, not them.
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