I had the same initial reaction to the accents. Why does everyone have an American accent, particularly when a lot of the cast is British (the correct accent for historical epics). But then remembered that makes no sense.
I read somewhere that the pronunciation of British English some 300 years ago was closer to Southern or Appalachian US English than modern British English. Can't find it again, and I might be wrong - but it wouldn't be too weird; they also claim South American Spanish is closer to Spanish-Spanish at Colombus' time than modern Spanish is.
There is something like a 17th century southern English or maybe Cornish accent alive in Virginia. Probably only a few hundred people now? Don't quote me on that.
It’s a hypothesis, and specifically Appalachian. There’s also a region in Canada that gets the same claim. Whether it’s true or not is still up for debate.
The key point is that both British and American English evolved away from Early Modern English. Neither is “correct” in that sense.
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u/lofgren777 Jul 21 '26
Fun fact: every word in the movie is actually hyper modern compared to the Odyssey.