I’d imagine they fake an American accent. Maybe Burbank, CA?

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    The study was from a college student in Canada. I’d wait to hear from peer reviews before taking one side or the other. Her findings were that Americans pronounce some words more closely to 17th century England vs. Common day England due to a movement to change the accent around that time.

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      Key being some words

      Both have evolved, so it’s unsurprising that if you pick and choose your words American English is more similar to 17c English

      Iirc though the most similar are west country and a few accents from the southern states in the US, but they’ve evolved a lot too so they’re not most similar in every way