Received Pronunciation
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All Comments (19)
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"Dik.shun.ary"? No no no! That should be "Dik.shun.ry" Not that it really matters. Long live regional accents.
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Are you just reading the wikipedia article?
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@OktoberStorm vivaldi, actually
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Here in north London almost every other kid in my area tries to cover up their RP in some way or another.Not me though!
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THIS R.P. ACCENT IS NOT A BRITISH ACCENT - IT IS AN ENGLISH ONE. AND IT'S SOMETIMES CALLED "ENGLISH ENGLISH" OR "HOME ENGLISH". BUT TO CALL IT "BRITISH ENGLISH" IS NOTHING SHORT OF IGNORANT. NOW THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS, LET US ALL CALL FOR A RETURN TO B.B.C. ENGLISH. PLEASE. BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A LOVELY LILT FROM LIVERPOOL, YORKSHIRE OR ANYWHERE ELSE INTHE BRITISH ISLES.
ON BBC ULSTER, THEY USED TO USE EDUCATED ENGLISH. BUT NOT ANY MORE!!
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I realised how far the British accent had fallen when I watched an episode of Doctor who from 1966 and the doctor corrected his companion for saying "okay".
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@VirtuAule01 Why don't y'all jest speak Texan like everone else?
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"I am not British. I am American" fairly easy to notice.
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Is it Julian Bream playing Bach?
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*Pronunciation.
NUNCE. not NOUNCE.
I am not British. I am American. My native accent has been altered by years of English teaching in a foreign country (Italy). Thanks for noticing!
VirtuAule01 1 year ago 9
No irony meant. I teach students pronunciation through Received Pronunciation. It is a standard approach (most dictionaries are based on it) which allows the student the possibility to understand a greater number of English accents. I am not advocating Received Pronunciation as the 'best' or accent. But, if you try to teach colours, you start with red, blue and yellow before attempting periwinkle. (oops - now that's ironic - I spelt 'color' as C O L O U R and used 'spelt' instead of SPELLED!)
VirtuAule01 1 year ago 8