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A Mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent, [1][2][3] is any of various accents of English that are perceived as blending features from both American and British English. Most commonly, the informal label refers to accents of the late 19th century to mid-20th century spoken by the Northeastern American upper class, as well as related ...
The Mid-Atlantic is a region of the United States located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern states of the United States. Its exact definition differs upon source, but the region typically includes New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, West Virginia, District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Some ...
May 3, 2020 · Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and, scores of other actors adopted this fictionalized upper crust American accent, which gets a starring role in Ryan Murpy's new Netflix series Hollywood.
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Jun 8, 2015 · The plumby announcer voice that hovers over the Atlantic midway between the Eastern Seaboard and England was mortally wounded in 1959. That was when Westbrook van Voorhis, the famous “March of...
Jan 12, 2024 · The Transatlantic accent, also known as the Mid-Atlantic accent, is a cultivated accent of English blending together prestigious American and British English ways of speaking.
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Oct 27, 2016 · Is American? Is it just “rich”? But the accent we’re talking about here is among the weirdest ways of speaking in the history of the English language. It is not entirely natural, for one thing:...
