What explains the difference between English and American accents? On this episode of Reasonably Sound, Mike Rugnetta explains that this spoken phenomenon starts with the written word. -- On American versus English Spelling --Why Do Brits and Americans Spell Words Differently?http://www.livescience.com/33844-british-american-word-spelling.htmlAmericanize, Anglicise: Why Do Brits And Yanks Spell Words Differently?http://io9.gizmodo.com/americanize-anglicise-why-do-brits-and-yanks-spell-wo-1671334487Present Day American Spelling from The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 6https://books.google.com/books?id=ia5tHVtQPn8C&pg=PA352&dq=american+and+english+spelling+differences&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KmWtVNOoEoLksATGpoDgCg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=american%20and%20english%20spelling%20differences&f=false-- Main Sources for this Episode --A History of the English Language by Elly van Gelderenhttp://www.historyofenglish.net/Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction by Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeckhttp://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/ISBN/1413015891?cid=GB1Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents?http://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.htmlWhen Did Americans Lose Their British Accents?http://mentalfloss.com/article/29761/when-did-americans-lose-their-british-accentsReceived Pronunciationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation-- Previous version of this episode contained --- Hudson Cycle – Nico Muhly- I’m Afraid of Americans (V1) – David Bowie- Americans – Oneohtrix Point Never- Paper Crumpling R – Sesame Street- Messages Received – Cabaret Voltaire