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Bluealbatross Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation & Mid Atlantic English
Could someone give me some info about Received Pronunciation, please!
What does it mean? It is a term used only for people who speak a native language?
What is Mid-Atlantic English? Is a kind of refined american accent? like the accent from PhD's in Harvard? I'm confused! Can you give me an example of someone who speak this accent? Thank ever so much!!!
What does it mean? It is a term used only for people who speak a native language?
What is Mid-Atlantic English? Is a kind of refined american accent? like the accent from PhD's in Harvard? I'm confused! Can you give me an example of someone who speak this accent? Thank ever so much!!!
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Welcome to the Forums, Bluealbatros, Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the "educated spoken English of southeastern England". According to the Fowler's Modern English Usage (1965), the term is "the Received Pronunciation". org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Mid-Atlantic English describes a version of the English language which is neither predominantly American or British in usage.
- Welcome to the Forums, Bluealbatros, Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the "educated spoken English of southeastern England".
- According to the Fowler's Modern English Usage (1965), the term is "the Received Pronunciation".
- org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Mid-Atlantic English describes a version of the English language which is neither predominantly American or British in usage.
- It is also used to describe various forms of North American speech that have assimilated some British pronunciations.
- These pronunciations once had some currency in theatre and film, and were also found among members of the upper classes of society.
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Welcome to the Forums, Bluealbatros,
Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the "educated spoken English of southeastern England". According to the Fowler's Modern English Usage (1965), the term is "the Received Pronunciation".
If you want a more in-dept information about it, visit the Wikipedia website: en.wikipedia.org/w
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Hmm, LanguageLover, I think the Wiki article suggests that the actors you listed actually promoted American dialect rather than speaking mid-Atlantic English - to a Brit like me they all sound especially American! I agree with the article that Christopher Plummer has a mid-Atlantic accent. As a native Brit, its quite hard for me to tell which side of the Atlantic he comes from!
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Sorry LeicesterLad, I hadn't go through the whole article myself! Just the names had caught my eyes. Sam Neill, I would pay more attention to his accent next time I see him in a movie.
What do you think about American actors putting on British accent in their movie? Like Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma, Great Expectations, ..., or Mel Gibson in The Bounty, or others? How British they sound to yo
What do you think about American actors putting on British accent in their movie? Like Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma, Great Expectations, ..., or Mel Gibson in The Bounty, or others? How British they sound to yo
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This is an interesting one LanguageLover. The success of American actors trying a British accent ranges from the impressive to the truly awful! I could name several in the latter category - Including **** Van ****'s legendary attempt at Cockney in "Meery Porpins" (Mary Poppins) and Mel Gibson was a bit dodgy with his Scottish accent in Braveheart. When Mel does an English accent he is mo
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Interesting - the auto editor has blanked out ****'s surname, but not his first name!
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LeicesterLadInteresting - the auto editor has blanked out ****'s surname, but not his first name!so we - on a language discussion board, no less - can discuss penises and arseholes (metaphorically, as in 'he's a ****!'), but not ditches or stone walls? or is it the juxtaposition it takes exception to?
sam, winding down on friday
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Hi hello!!!
I guess you are a British native speaker!! I'm from Mexico and I'm delighted with British English mainly the southeast England accent...but wait a couple of days ago I watched the film Millions by Danny Boyle and I had a crush on this accent! It's supposed to be Newcastle accent but the way they pronounce "poor" (pooe) or Obviously (ovvieously) caught my attention!! They donot
I guess you are a British native speaker!! I'm from Mexico and I'm delighted with British English mainly the southeast England accent...but wait a couple of days ago I watched the film Millions by Danny Boyle and I had a crush on this accent! It's supposed to be Newcastle accent but the way they pronounce "poor" (pooe) or Obviously (ovvieously) caught my attention!! They donot
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0 I 01 i 00 don't 02 i 00 think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent if you want to learn a British regional accent. Its often reckoned to be one of the most difficult of accents to understand - not only for non British, but for many British themselves! There are both vowel and consonant sounds that are unique to the area, one of the most distinctive being how they say t
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