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It’s not quite British, and it’s not quite American – so what gives? Why do all those actors of yesteryear have such a distinct and strange accent?

All you ever wanted to know about the usage of the acquired Mid-Atlantic accent

And you just thought everyone talked like that back then.

LOL… People in old movies don’t talk weird, people NOW talk weird see?!

Another reason why they sounded strange is because, back then, movie actors were also stage actors.

You have to project your voice, and exaggerate pronunciation to even be understood.

You’re not going to find a lot of people in New England who talk like the Kennedy’s did.

They had the trans-atlantic accent discussed in the video for the same reason: they learned it in prep school.

Strictly old-timey upper crust.

Another accent that seems to be fading from movies and the airwaves is the New York City accent.

Strong accents from different NYC boroughs were on lots of TV shows, like All In The Family for example, and even the Dog show Rosie that was posted here, he sounded like a New York mutt.

Maybe it’s just different because lots of production has moved to LA?

Now so many shows seem to have a dry, non-dramatic speech, which is funny, when a ‘drama’ has people talking in virtual monotone.

Also, if you notice they also spoke very fast because film was expensive. Get those lines out quick and don’t make mistakes or you hurt the budgetShow less

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