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America should be Eevee, because there are so many opportunities for variation.
British should be eevee if anything. There are double the British accents compared to American ones. Cockney, London, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Ireland are extremely distinct let alone the hundreds of other distinct regional accents.
Same for the us, though. NY, Boston, Midwestern, New England, Minnesota, Atlantic, Southern, Texan, Pacific Nw, Californian. And various specific regional like queens, Brooklyn, Philly. It goes on and on. The US is not the monolith it's often described as.
Tbf they only sound "extremely distinct" to British people. A lot of those accents are hard to distinguish for non-native speakers or people outside the UK.
From what I can tell there's 30-40 each and about 160 world wide. Crazy!
Now comes the hard part of defining all the Eeveelutions.
I feel like there are a few very distinct regional accents, but I'm having trouble coming up with the right distinction from the top of my head.
There's New England, the south in general, New York, Chicago which immediately trigger my brain to think of a very specific accent. Surely there is more to it though?
Edit: seems @[email protected] made an excellent list.
America actually has very little geographic variation in accents.
In the UK, for instance, it can change drastically from village to village.
Maybe for the regions that only speak one language. East Texas alone mixes English, Spanish, French and German dialects. It's like a sitcom of bad accents down there.
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