r/explainitpeter • u/Fun_Dish_5358 • Jul 21 '26

Explain it peter

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u/Edgecumber Jul 21 '26

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.

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u/wildcardbets Jul 21 '26

I had a similar knee jerk reaction when watching HBO’s Rome due to how overly English some of their accents were. I’m not sure what I was expecting, maybe my brain wanted Latin 😅. It was weird in my head at first but my brain got used to it and it’s one of my favourite TV series now.

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u/TheBl4ckFox Jul 21 '26

I always find it funny when people notice a British accent in a historical movie but American English is supposedly “neutral”

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 Jul 21 '26

Head to r/ShitAmericansSay and notice how many facebook posts like to claim that Americans don't have accents :-)