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Old Posted Jan 10, 2013, 5:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Acajack View Post
You made me think that even the Beatles mostly sang in what was basically an
American accent (or a reasonable facsimile) from day one.

Also thinking that in spite of the (very) occasional mockery of Canadians in American popular culture, usually with an exaggerated series of "eh"s, there is probably a good majority of the American audience that doesn't even get the joke.
I don't know if that first point is completely fair though. All but the strongest accents in whichever form of English that is spoken generally tend to soften and converge when sung.
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