The Declaration of Independence: A Transcript Used in Pronunciation Varieties of English on
December 14, 2017, with YouTube video The Declaration of Independence in 24 accents and dialects
Paul Meier.

US south / South Boston   When in the Course of human events,

Yiddish / German

it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with
another,

Standard British / GenAm   and to assume among the powers of the earth,

Cockney / Brummie   the separate and equal station

New York / Boston

to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them,

German / Yiddish

a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires

French / Italian

that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Scouse / Cockney

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,

US South / Downeast New England

that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,

Welsh / Hampshire (rhotic SW of England)

that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Scottish / Irish

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,

Irish / Scottish   deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Spanish / Italian

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,

Yorkshire / Welsh

it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,

NYC / Deep US South

laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form,

AUS / Afrikaans

as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.


Czech / Russian

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light
and transient causes;

AUS / Afrikaans

and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer,

GenAm / Standard British   while evils are sufferable,

Yorkshire / Essex

than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

Welsh / NIr

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object

French / Spanish

evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism,

Caribbean / Indian

it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government,

South Boston / US Deep South   and to provide new Guards for their future security.