Specifically I’m wondering how the typical English accent became the typical western accent (Which sounds relatively country), and how did that become the modern accents on the West Coast? What factor was added in that made cowboys start sounding like the modern day Californian.
I’m assuming the typical NY accent comes from Italians coming over.
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Bonus question: Why are there no places in the US at all that kept the English accents????
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So I don’t know for all of this, but I will say there are a surprising amount. Of Mexican origins to some western/midwestern slang/words and even some styles or customs. From there we can devolve into Spanish origin and native origin… but it’s in truth a huge combination of a lot of things. For example, the western US was owned by Mexico for a long time. Naturally there is some cultural mashup. Today on both sides of the boarder we get some combination of the two languages, and accents are likely meshed in similar ways.
As far as how standard “American” separated from “queens English” if you will… we’ll Im sure it has similar origins, but I don’t know specifics.
Now I’ll say this is not me as a professional linguist or anything, just what I’ve observed. I speak Spanish and English and have spoken with and encountered people mostly from Mexico and been able to compare how Spanish is used in Texas and California as well as in the boarder area of mexico. So take this for what it is, but I’m sure the. Culmination of those two cultures, separated from cultural centers at the time of their mashup, was much of the cause for western English.
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