How did accents come around?

[-Wolverine]

How come people in different places have different accents, and how did they come around in the early years? Like, a British person has a completely different accent as an American, yet they both speak English..

Just something i've always wanted to know..

[RedStratocas]

It's just changes over time, and slang arises in different areas. You can even see it in normal life, like how come kids of a certain stereotype talk a different way than those of another? Its like that, but on a much larger scale.

[summer]

i don't know, but it's weird when you think about it..

[clarissa !!]

It's just changes over time, and slang arises in different areas. You can even see it in normal life, like how come kids of a certain stereotype talk a different way than those of another? Its like that, but on a much larger scale.
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Edited by Italic (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't post pointlessly.

[e5.]

Good question, shame I have no idea. I guess people just started talking weird *cough i mean differently) lol soz no offence || and it just went from there ;) I guess they were just testing out different ways to speak so prob was classed as a bit weird at first, but nowadays.... is NOT ;)

Thanks, EJW

[:Hazel]

its weird, different parts of the UK people sound totally different, good question but not one i have the answer too. :p