[a] between the "a" in American Network Standard (NS) "can't" and in standard American "father"; the "a" in British
Received Pronunciation (RP) "can't"
"Spayk the speech oy prithee": dialects of Shakespeare's England and the American South
While the
Received Pronunciation in England calls up thoughts of royalty, elegance, and privilege, Ebonics stirs images of the problems of urban life - poverty, crime, unemployment, substandard housing, inferior education.
The controversy over Ebonics
The 'special sense' which Ellis serves to illustrate is accordingly made plain: '
received pronunciation, the pronunciation of that variety of British English widely considered to be least regional, being originally that used by educated speakers in southern England; also, the "accepted" standard pronunciation of any specified area.' Characterized by both non-localized status and its affiliations with a social elite ('the highest status British English accent', as Trudgill records,(2) the 'one accent not connected with a specific locality, though .
John Walker and Alexander Ellis: antedating 'RP.' (literary term 'received pronunciation')
Received pronunciation (74%), Northern Irish (70%) and Southern Irish (70%) rounded off the top four.
Recognise the accent? WE FARE EIGHTH OUT OF 15 ON QUIZ LIST
It is best read with a Geordie accent, not Home Counties
received pronunciation.
Let's focus on the need to stay intact, not our ideology
People ranked the Yorkshire accent as the most intelligent, followed successively by "
received pronunciation" - the Queen's English - silence and finally the Birmingham accent.
Brum accent seen as less intelligent than SILENCE; PROF SAYS TONE OF ACCENT COULD HARM JOB CHANCES
ere were several projects with the versatile American actor Edward Norton - such as the rened RP, or "
received pronunciation," that he deployed in "e Painted Veil."
Man who gave Cate and Brad their accents
The topics include a historical study of voice onset time in
received pronunciation, the origin and function of the grapheme combination qu in English, words denoting kingdom in Layamon's Brut, female animals in fables by Robert Henryson and Biernat of Lublin, a synopsis of the main approaches to semantic change in linguistics through the 19th and 20th centuries, and the linguistic situation in Kenya according to Labov's social factors.
Explorations in the English language; Middle Ages and beyond; festschrift for Professor Jerzy Welna on the occasion of his 70th birthday
As story driven as any JRPG that's gone before it (with a fairly predictable, world-saving tale to boot), it also features a wonderful cast of English voice actors, ranging from Mancunian drunks to sly, posh "
received pronunciation" villains.
FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE; Last Story is fitting final hurrah for ageing Wii
On the third, I can't help but point out these moments of
received pronunciation and she looks startled.
My career came second; Concentrating on her family is paying dividends for Robin Wright Penn, she tells Lisa Williams
Labouff identifies three dialects used by professional singers: American Standard, the neutral pronunciation used for North American repertoire;
Received Pronunciation (both historic and modern), used for repertoire by composers of the British Isles; and Mid-Atlantic Dialect, a hybrid of North American and British diction used in European works that are not specifically British.
Kathryn Labouff, Singing and Communicating in English; A Singer's Guide to English Diction
On TV and radio we're used to hearing newsreaders using
Received Pronunciation (RP), which was formerly known as Queen's English, or sometimes BBC English.
More or bore
All sorts of Birmingham-accented successful, intelligent, rich and famous people have come to the rescue and the positive spin is that some accents, notably Yorkshire, are associated with more intelligence than
received pronunciation, so you don't have to sound like David Cameron or Tony Blair any more to be a winner.
AGENDA: See beyond looks and put the accent on the whole person
He says: 'The Doctor is a scientist and an intellectual and a lot of people seem to think you can only be those things if you speak with
Received Pronunciation which, of course, is rubbish.'
The Box: What's up doc?