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6. P.S. a few years back, I went to the Paul Revere House during Harborfest to

hear the Revere re-enactor do his spiel. I don't know if the same guy is still there, but he was great and incredibly knowledgeable. Even looks a little like Revere, too.

Anyway, while doing his prepared spiel, he mentioned that, by 1789, the colonists spoke just like he was speaking, meaning no British accent.

That comment prompted me to stay for the Q. and A. because I wondered how he even knew how colonists sounded. We have no recordings of them speaking, after all.

I guess my question was not clear, because he replied that Paul Revere's accent actually would have used would have been a lot like a Maine accent, but he could not use that for his spiel because it would take him forever to finish his speech. (I guess he is too conscientious to shorten the speech.)

So, you nailed it.