La bra Tory.
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Sorry Evan, the link was my next paragraph in which I postulated a possible reason for the difference in pronunciation. Now there’s some alliteration for you.
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IIRC part of the differences in dialect between the UK & USA was due to a lot of anti-British sentiment in the US in the early 1800’s, that didn’t start to subside until WW1, & end until after WW2.
Damon.
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Sounds entirely possible Damon. Would explain the need to spell many English words differently to the original as well.
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A tried and true way to assert one’s independence.
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A cross dressing conservative MP? That would make Question Period more interesting.
(Sorry lads, we’re having a Canadian moment here.)
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Canadian?
I thought it was the British MP’s who indulged in cross dressing or wearing diapers and getting spanked by women dressed up as nannies …
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I guess it’s a Commonwealth thing then. 
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Or the dialectical “lie-berry”…
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I hear Lisa S say that when she takes on a more rural persona in The Simpsons.
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It’s definitely more common in the Deep South.
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