5:59:56Americans were there before the Native Americans
5:59:56america did but a divergent American cultural identity did not.
5:59:56If this was in the 1600s, no America yet
5:59:56:_bijouSideye: This is the Edo period right?
5:59:57American has always been here as long as FREEDOM lives in your heart!
6:00:01there were no British samurai if you want to be serious
6:00:01literally yes there was english
6:00:01something something, American English is closer to original English than Received Pronunciation
6:00:02even then it was "british" for a while too in america
6:00:02yea its late 1500s, early 1600s when Musashi existed
6:00:03British used to sound more like american iirc
6:00:05IF THIS WAS AMERICAN DUB TODD HABERKORN WOULD BE GANRYU
6:00:05british accents are newer than america
6:00:06America didn't exist back then
6:00:08there were colonies in the americas at least
6:00:10howdy yall im ere for yall souls
6:00:12the accents are alr there, just not called American yet
6:00:12here we go, this one is funny
6:00:12But Garfield the cat has an American accent is is 2000 years old? How do we explain that!?
6:00:13So them translating to British accents for English would make sense
6:00:13:fish-orange-wide-eyes::fish-orange-wide-eyes:
6:00:14USA is ONLY 250 YEARS OLD YOU SICKO
6:00:15The first Americans came from Britain
6:00:16Old British accents were probably closer to modern Southern American
6:00:18british influenced japan in 1600, america was a thing 1800, says a quick google search