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Why did old american movies sound so different? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by jediToru@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Whenever I watch old movies the characters always have a different tone than they have now. It seems to have changed somewhere from the 2000s. Is it just me or did something change?

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[–] zerbey@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago

The accent? It's the Mid-Atlantic accent that a lot of old actors were trained to speak with. In more modern times, people have just started using their natural accent or an accent that better fits the character they are portraying.

It's similar to the Received Pronunciation you'd hear older British people using (eg how the Queen used to talk).