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  Actually there are a number of diary/journals from that period where the numerous misspellings give a very clear insight into what the accents may have been like. Many everyday people who were keeping these diaries lacked formal education and wrote phonetically. If you are interested in this kind of thing, you should check out “Mother Tongue” and “Made in America” by Bill Bryson, The American Language by L H Mencken, or The Amercianization of Benjamin Farnklin by Gordon S. Wood, ffs.

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  • ...or if you just want to talk about silly aliens, you can go fuck yourself. ;-)MrOneHundred

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