Comment by throw_away

Heh, this is similar to how the British English accent developed after the American Revolutionary War, and thus the American accent is closer to Shakespeare's than that of modern Brits': https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-p...

I'm also amused by all the former commonwealth people who call Americans backwards for refusing the metric system, yet still quote things in pints, miles, or, heaven forbid, stones.