It's a tiny ass island yet whenever a British person hears another British person they'll be like "Oi guvenor! I know exactly where in Merry-ol-England they are from! Clearly they're from Bovinshire-upon-Weavilton!" And Bovinshire-upon-Weavilton is a town like 10 minutes away from where they live.

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I LOVE the early modern English dialect and accent. I use it sometimes as a gag when pretending to be olde timey and it turns out no one csn understand a word I'm saying. People really don't pay attention

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is that like Canterbury Tales accent?

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

No its the Shakespeare accent. Canterbury is if I recall Middle English and the next earliest.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i dont think there's a canterbury tales accent. IIRC chaucer has characters speaking in at least two different accents in it.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

The more you know!