From Dr Geoff Lindsey.

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Want to know why actors in Golden Age Hollywood movies sound different from people today? A legend has grown up that it was all because an Australian and a Canadian invented a fake accent that studios forced their stars to use. Here I’ll try to show why that’s a load of you know what, and get closer to the fascinating reality.