what happened to the transatlantic accent

The Mid-Atlantic accent, also known as the Transatlantic accent, was a consciously learned accent of English that was popular among the American upper class and entertainment industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a blend of American and British English and favored neither. The accent was taught in American elocution classes and was also taught for use in the American theatre prior to the 1960s, after which it fell out of vogue. The accent was used in films that werent setting-specific because of its neutrality and sophistication, which made it easy to use. However, Americans began to reject the accents inherent classism by the mid-1940s, and it had all but disappeared by the late 1950s. The teaching of this pronunciation declined sharply after the end of World War II, and it has all but disappeared even among the American upper classes. Although the accent has disappeared as a standard of high society and high culture, it has still been heard in some media in the second half of the 20th century, or even more recently, for the sake of historical, humorous, or other stylistic reasons.