You know .. Washington, Adams, Jefferson and shit? Accents evolves through time and considering how close of an era their time was to the first american
colonialization by the British (Which probably means that they're direct British descendants themselves), what sort of accent did the speak with?
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Did our old presidents have British Accents?
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Posts: 1405 (01/25/09 1:40 PM) Registered user |
Sounds fascinating. What channel is this on?
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Posts: 11062 (01/25/09 1:48 PM) Registered user |
Even McWolcott would not watch this show.
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Posts: 4519 (01/25/09 1:52 PM) Registered user |
Jefferson for the win! |
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Posts: 10211 (01/25/09 2:02 PM) The Real American Psycho |
StatelyWayneManor wrote: 
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Posts: 1663 (01/25/09 2:02 PM) Registered user |
If you watch any movie set in the 1700's, whether it be in America, France, Italy, everyone speaks with British accents. Duh!
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Posts: 19180 (01/25/09 2:05 PM) Registered user |
ENOUGH WITH THE BORING HISTORICAL DRAMAS, HBO!!!
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Posts: 341 (01/25/09 2:32 PM) |
According to Mr. Sunnie, with a Masters in History, none of them did. Even the earliest presidents were born on USA soil. (eta: and spoke without a British
accent.)
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Posts: 7537 (01/25/09 2:34 PM) Registered User |
William Howard Taft spoke with a fake Chinese accent in order to confuse foreign governments.
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Posts: 19182 (01/25/09 2:38 PM) Registered user |
I just phoned a friend who is extremely knowledgable in matters of US History, and while George Washington did not have a British accent, he did have British
teeth.
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Posts: 15643 (01/25/09 2:49 PM) Registered user |
Carboys Desire wrote:
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Posts: 9452 (01/25/09 2:52 PM) Registered user |
Is this a drama or comedy?
PLEASE let it be a Big Brother style reality tv show with Bush, Bush Jr. Clinton, etc. stuck together in a house! |
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Posts: 2065 (01/25/09 2:54 PM) Registered user |
I hope another miniseries from HBO.
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Posts: 14858 (01/25/09 3:13 PM) Registered User |
History Channel?
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Posts: 813 (01/25/09 3:21 PM) Registered user |
hehe you assholes are funny. I was supposed to post this on the off topic section. Please delete now
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You click your heels all you want, but the only way to get to Please Delete Now is to click on the thread. |
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Posts: 3428 (01/25/09 3:27 PM) Registered user |
Oh, and ... cheerio.
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Posts: 1049 (01/25/09 3:33 PM) Registered User |
Maybe the faux English accented Madonna can host this new VH 1 reality show.
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<3 that this thread got way more replies than the one in OT
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Posts: 2951 (01/25/09 4:03 PM) Registered user |
1000Proof wrote:That would be the BEST.SHOW.EVER!!!! Would Jimmy be the shunned outsider? Pappa Bush and Clinton making fun of Baby Bush all the time? And Tony Blair has GOT to be in the house. So much fun. |
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