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Gossip & Opinions / Re: What Victorian People sounded like
« Last post by Humble Narcissist on Today at 05:11:23 PM »Before the age of electronics and film, when "Show Business" meant touring live performers, they had to develop a dialect and performance/speaking style that would be understandable by the largest number of people. From Maine to Washington State to Southern California to Florida,and every place in between.Interesting. It probably didn't take long to figure out that the audience was clueless during their stage performances. I remember watching a Monty Python movie and not understanding what they were saying and no subtitles.
Thus was born the "Transatlantic/Standard English" dialect.
When broadcasting and film came along they adopted it as well, because it was understandable by the most people.

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