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US culture is anti-aristocratic and egalitarian. UK culture still has a lot of class stratification.
So in the UK upper class people are expected to have posh accents and witty retorts. This is taught in school. Lower classes have things like cockney rhyming slang to make things difficult for outsiders.
In the US traditions of upper class verbal acuity are frowned upon. Politicians and people on TV are expected to speak in a more folksy manner.
Additionally supporting black voices is expected, so they have things like this national debate championship: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fmO-ziHU_D8
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