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mixmastamyk on Feb 21, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: BritCSS: Fixes CSS to use non-American English

There are folks that do Shakespeare in the original accent, and it sounds modestly closer to the "average" American pronunciation than modern British.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_in_Original_Pronun...

Believe I saw a video on it on youtube or similar, where they have audio as well.

amenhotep on Feb 21, 2025 [–]

Presumably you're implying an average over British pronunciation also, but if you ask me that's even more of a leap than over the American.

Like the other chap said, it basically sounds like a West Country accent.

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