system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How did the different American accents develop from the original British settlers? Did someone just invent a new trend?
gpt
The settlers from England spoke in an accent about as different from the modern American accents as it is different from the modern English accents.

Populations just have a constant drift in how they speak. New words added, old ones pruned and subtle changes in pronunciation add up.