It&#x27;s not quite like that. American pronunciation change as well. Here&#x27;s an example of how linguist reconstruct the original pronunciation of Shakespeare plays: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;gPlpphT7n9s" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;gPlpphT7n9s</a><p>It really has more elements that sound like West Country accent, Irish English, or even Scots&#x2F;Ulster Scots.