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« on: November 24, 2015, 06:18:05 AM »
I think the obvious answer is New England. For bonus points, which state?
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« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2015, 06:36:36 AM »
Quote from: FreePhoenix on November 24, 2015, 06:18:05 AM
I think the obvious answer is New England. For bonus points, which state?

  I would have to say Massachusetts.
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2015, 07:34:38 AM »
Probably West Virginia, ethnicity-wise.
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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2015, 10:00:16 AM »
Quote from: tpfkaw on November 24, 2015, 07:34:38 AM
Probably West Virginia, ethnicity-wise.

Culturally though
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2015, 11:23:32 AM »
Maybe New York State? NYC could be a lot like London.
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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2015, 01:44:04 PM »

Coal?
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« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2015, 02:01:43 PM »
Wee Britain, Orange County, CA.
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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2015, 02:15:48 PM »
« Edited: November 24, 2015, 02:17:22 PM by Speaker NeverAgain »
Quote from: tpfkaw on November 24, 2015, 07:34:38 AM
Probably West Virginia, ethnicity-wise.
I guess I forgot the high Middle Eastern population in West Virginia.
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« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2015, 04:00:00 PM »
Going by ethnic background, the most British city in the US is Hildale, UT - you know, the one that's basically a police state run by the FLDS Church? So, yeah...
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« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2015, 04:12:28 PM »
A friend of mine who I bum cigs from outside the porch of the liberal arts building did an independent study class of an island off the Virginia coast that has remained virtually untouched by us Yanks since the revolution. Apparently their accent is one of the closest things alive to how English sounded back in "the day".
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« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2015, 04:25:15 PM »
Definitely New Hampshire.

Definitely.
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« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2015, 05:45:05 PM »
Quote from: Cathcon on November 24, 2015, 04:12:28 PM
A friend of mine who I bum cigs from outside the porch of the liberal arts building did an independent study class of an island off the Virginia coast that has remained virtually untouched by us Yanks since the revolution. Apparently their accent is one of the closest things alive to how English sounded back in "the day".

That's Tangier, Virginia.
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« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2015, 06:55:15 PM »
The suggestion in that article is that they sound like they're from the West Country, which is hilarious if true.
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« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2015, 09:38:41 PM »
Here's a video of how people in Tangier speak - very interesting, I've never heard an accent that sounds quite like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZgw09CG9E
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« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2015, 08:07:16 PM »
Maybe Maine. 
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« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2015, 10:02:28 AM »
Quote from: realisticidealist on November 24, 2015, 05:45:05 PM
Quote from: Cathcon on November 24, 2015, 04:12:28 PM
A friend of mine who I bum cigs from outside the porch of the liberal arts building did an independent study class of an island off the Virginia coast that has remained virtually untouched by us Yanks since the revolution. Apparently their accent is one of the closest things alive to how English sounded back in "the day".

That's Tangier, Virginia.

This place sounds awesome. At least to visit.
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« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2015, 01:41:22 PM »
Quote from: Thinking Crumpets Crumpet on November 24, 2015, 09:38:41 PM
Here's a video of how people in Tangier speak - very interesting, I've never heard an accent that sounds quite like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZgw09CG9E

Hah, a lot of those sounds are... familiar. Delightful. More so with the singing at the start than the people talking, actually.
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« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2015, 02:07:15 PM »
Not to mention the island was so loyalist that it became a British military base during the war of 1812. This was the British home base for their attack on Baltimore that inspired the creation of the national anthem.
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« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2015, 03:04:37 PM »
The English spoken in the Deep South is the American dialect that has the most in common with British English. 
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« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2015, 04:36:58 PM »
Massachusetts, mix of Irish & Italian culture. Romams were in England, and alot of buildings in Boston and London are Old English or resemble Roman culture.

Martha's Vineyard and Kennedys are where the old colonial ships were stationed at.  No question it is Boston and then it is Philly & DC.

Yes, Roman constitution is a model for the US Constitution architecture and all and author is James Madison.
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« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2015, 05:04:15 PM »
None of the US is especially British, but Maine is the obvious answer.
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« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2015, 08:08:00 PM »
Im going with New Hampshire and Vermont Ethnicity wise. Not Maine because theres a large French Canadian population
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« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2015, 08:13:11 PM »
Quote from: realisticidealist on November 24, 2015, 05:45:05 PM
Quote from: Cathcon on November 24, 2015, 04:12:28 PM
A friend of mine who I bum cigs from outside the porch of the liberal arts building did an independent study class of an island off the Virginia coast that has remained virtually untouched by us Yanks since the revolution. Apparently their accent is one of the closest things alive to how English sounded back in "the day".

That's Tangier, Virginia.

82% Romney, 80% Gillespie, 90% Cuccinelli...

Yikes!
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« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2015, 08:20:50 PM »
Quote from: bgwah on November 28, 2015, 08:13:11 PM
82% Romney, 80% Gillespie, 90% Cuccinelli...

Yikes!

Ah, Tidewater whites...
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« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2015, 08:55:08 PM »
Quote from: youngconservative on November 28, 2015, 08:08:00 PM
Im going with New Hampshire and Vermont Ethnicity wise. Not Maine because theres a large French Canadian population

Vermont and New Hampshire have plenty of French Canadians as well.
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