[Regulator]

Everyone here noted that the idiot didn’t answer his own question.

What has been said is that Southern English is more representative of the English spoken 300-400 years ago then what we hear now in England, which is Victorian.

The affected accents of the 19th century came from people copying the upper classes. This of course never made it to the South, so the way they speak is supposedly the way the English and Scots/Irish sounded 3 centuries ago.

[jjsheridan5]

Everyone here noted that the idiot didn’t answer his own question.

I have often wondered if it isn't similar to the reason that the Australian accent (supposedly) developed. The Australian accent developed as the result of the hot, dry, dusty air, and the fact that it dissuades deep generation of sound, and also emphasized economy of breath. I have no idea if that hypothesis is true, but it does seem to make sense. I wonder if the extreme heat and dampness of the south affected speech patterns.