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It has increasingly become known as a Mid-Atlantic accent, [7] [4] [5] or Transatlantic accent, [11] [6] [2] terms that refer to its perceived mixture of American and British features. In specifically theatrical contexts, it is also sometimes known by names like American Theatre Standard [ 10 ] [ 8 ] or American stage speech . [ 12 ]
These accents rapidly declined after World War II, presumably as a result of cultural and demographic changes in the U.S. [7] This American version of a "posh" accent has disappeared even among the American upper classes, as Americans have increasingly dissociated from all speaking styles of the East Coast since the mid-20th century. [15]
Another attribution to the trend is with films increasingly being co-financed by non-U.S. interests, film producers became more willing to cast non-American actors. [1] While actors in theatre were once traditionally trained to have a Mid-Atlantic accent, actors in film are instead trained to have a General American accent.
General American English, known in linguistics simply as General American (abbreviated GA or GenAm), is the umbrella accent of American English spoken by a majority of Americans, encompassing a continuum rather than a single unified accent. [1] [2] [3] It is often perceived by Americans themselves as lacking any distinctly regional, ethnic, or ...
Any accent of English, including more recent ones, perceived as a mixture of American and British English, and often perceived as incorporating the prestige speech of one or both countries; Mid-Atlantic accent may also refer to: Philadelphia English, the dialect spoken in the Mid-Atlantic region (Delaware Valley) of the United States
Boston accent Cajun English California English Chicano English General American [16] [17] [9] Inland Northern American English Miami accent Transatlantic accent New York accent Philadelphia accent Southern American English Brummie [18] Southern England English Northern England English RP Ulster English West & South-West Irish English Dublin English
The New York City accent has a strong presence in media; pioneer variationist sociolinguist William Labov describes it as the most recognizable variety of North American English. [2] The following famous people are native New York City–area speakers—including some speakers of other varieties native to the region—that all demonstrate ...
The distinction between a "North" versus "South Midland" was discarded in the 2006 Atlas of North American English, in which the former "North Midland" is now simply called "the Midland" (and argued to have a "stronger claim" to a General American accent than any other region) and the "South Midland" is considered merely as the upper portion of ...