What did the original colonists sound like? Did they have a British accent? Did they sound like present-day Americans? Did George Washington sound like the guy from Hamilton? (spoiler alert: not really).
A weekly show where we endeavor to answer one of your big questions. This week, Jacob Mitchell asks, “What did the original colonists sound like? Did they have a modern British accent?”
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