An American asked why the English have so many accents and these Brits really took it to heart – 23 funniest comebacks
13.
I mean my village church is 900 years old if that helps answer the question.
— Robert Emery (@robertemeryx) October 16, 2024
14.
Gerroff! They dustna kneow wut theet goin on abite.
— JackRamble (@Ramble_Jack) October 16, 2024
15.
There used to be more than that in Yorkshire when I grew up. I could tell which town someone came from
— Sara Brown (@BrownSM1973) October 16, 2024
16.
I look forward to you venturing across the borders to Scotland, Wales or Ireland.
— John Bartlett (@imbarty) October 16, 2024
17.
Wild to mention Alabama in a tweet about other countries having stupid accents.
— Pete(r) (@DasJarg) October 15, 2024
18.
I've pissed on things older than the United States.
— Simon (@muddydwarf) October 15, 2024
19.
It's because we don't talk to those weirdos in the next village over, their village chief stole a goat from us back in 233bc
— ColCrumbwallace (@ColCrumbwallace) October 15, 2024
20.
Mate. I live 25 miles away from where I was born and the accent here is totally different. There’s at least 7000 accents in England alone
— Hans Honkyhosen B.A. (Hons) (@Hans_Honkyhosen) October 15, 2024
21.
The Netherlands would like a word. Not just accents, different dialects.
— Jan: find all the lost children (@clarkjanis0) October 15, 2024
22.
It's just because England is waaaayyyyy older than the United States so regional accents and dialects have had a hell of a lot more time to diverge from one another
Same reason the east coast of the US has far greater accent diversity than the west, more time to diverge
— Idiot Sauvage (@scabrangoon) October 15, 2024
23.
That comes from the time when people didn't travel at all, specially during the feudal era. At most, they did travel to the nearest villages. The US was created when faster travel started becoming a reality, like trains. It happens everywhere in Europe
— Tweeb2 (@LVJoseantonio) October 16, 2024
To conclude …
It's just because England is waaaayyyyy older than the United States so regional accents and dialects have had a hell of a lot more time to diverge from one another
Same reason the east coast of the US has far greater accent diversity than the west, more time to diverge
— Idiot Sauvage (@scabrangoon) October 15, 2024
And also, this.
Mainly to annoy you.
— The Cat From Mars Answers to Puss. (@TheCatFromMars) October 15, 2024
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