The clip of the Southern-accented kitty was uploaded to TikTok and Instagram The internet has a new viral cat sensation — and this one has a Southern accent! A video of an orange feline meowing ...

When colonists from England arrived in North America, both accents were rhotic, like an American accent ... the Received Pronunciation emerged in southern England during the Industrial Revolution.

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...