SolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1412arrow-down1imageDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldSolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square114fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoTheir source is linguistic history. The English decided that the letter R only exists if it’s surrounded by vowels in the late 18th/ early 19th century. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English
Their source is linguistic history. The English decided that the letter R only exists if it’s surrounded by vowels in the late 18th/ early 19th century.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English