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[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

The US may be big, but the UK had more centuries of existence before the unifying effect of national TV and radio.

This wikipedia article boldly asserts that "The UK has the most local accents of any English-speaking country" but the claim is [citation needed].