Why do people in old movies talk weird?

Why Do People In Old Movies Talk Weird?

Why Do People In Old Movies Talk Weird? Watch this video on YouTube. How Stuff Works explains the "Transatlantic Accent," a cultivated accent that people in the United States affected…

How Stuff Works explains the "Transatlantic Accent," a cultivated accent that people in the United States affected in an attempt to trick others that they were in some way affiliated with the British upper crust.