Penny wrote: <ObB7, um...do you suppose everyone speaks with British accents because North America and Australia got wiped out somehow (but English - the language - continued taking over the world), or at some point did the North Americans etc. all start affecting a British accent in order to sound cool?>

It is patently obvious what happened, surely - at some time in the near future, North America, Australia and the rest all decided that an itsy bitsy mistake had been made along the line ... and voted to rejoin the British Empire.

And if anyone believes that, I have a slightly damaged Star One I'd like to sell you ...

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