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Englishuser Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Recent changes in the RP

Hello,

Phonetically, does RP encompass:

  • smoothing?
  • r intrustion?
  • voiceless wh?
  • glottal /t/

Englishuser

  

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'Sounds' to me like John Wells is describing HRH Elizabeth II's accent... Or "the Queen's English" And that would be a URP accent, wouldn't it? Or at least was...

— Tam Sadek

  • 'Sounds' to me like John Wells is describing HRH Elizabeth II's accent...
  • Or "the Queen's English" And that would be a URP accent, wouldn't it?
  • Or at least was...
  • until she started trying to appeal to the masses in recent years...
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'Sounds' to me like John Wells is describing HRH Elizabeth II's accent... Or "the Queen's English"

And that would be a URP accent, wouldn't it?

Or at least was... until she started trying to appeal to the masses in recent years...
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Hi Tam Sadek,

In which ways do you think that HM Queen Elizabeth II's accent has changed in recent years?

Englishuser
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It's fairly well documented. From the BBC Radio 4 website comes the following: The acme of aristocracy is the royal family, but even the Queen's English has changed over the years since her coronation in 1952. So much so that "The Mirror" famously declared, "Er Madge don't talk so posh any more".

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