dgd@ukc.UUCP (D.G.Dixon) (09/30/83)
Does anyone know the origin of American accents? I appreciate that there are many variations (why that, too? I would not have expected that segregation of immigrant ethnic groups to have such a marked effect) but a visitor from the USA is usually rcognisable by accent. US-speak does not seem much like any English (in Britain) accent. From a Englishman. ...vax135!ukc!dgd