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*** It's not. In "Tabula Rasa," when everyone loses their memories, Spike speaks in a British accent—in fact, it's a major plot point, since he discovers he's British, which leads him to believe he is Giles's son (and [[Hilarity Ensues]]). If he were consciously affecting his accent, he wouldn't have spoken with a British accent (since they all forgot ''everything'', including Spike/"Randy" not realizing he was a vampire). As for Angel's lack of accent, it makes sense. Angel is older then Spike, probably has been in America for longer, and possibly wanted to pick up a more American sounding accent to avoid attracting attention (whereas Spike loves attention, as shown in Season 2).
*** Spike speaks with ''a'' British accent. Specifically the one living William spoke with in "Fool for Love." It's a subtle but noticable difference.
**** Just as when Angel is memory-wiped in 'Spin The Bottle', he reverts to talking in Liam's accent because he doesn't remember ever having another one. It's just far more noticeable with him because Angel remade himself a ''lot'' over the past couple of centuries, while Spike made a relatively shorter trip from Victorian-English to punk-English.
** Maybe he's changed his pattern of speech so as not to attract attention to himself. Having an accent can be very inconvenient at times, so changing his manner of speech may have rid him of unwanted curiosity.
** Segregation of the story itself and the creation of said story. There's no real explanation. If the writers had gotten rid of Spike's accent, it would've been too much a change of the character. Angel started with an American accent when he first appeared, and then they added the Irish backstory. Also, Angel's Irish accent really, really sucked, so the less we hear, the better.
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