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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Southern pronunciation

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/key-to-pronunciation.
Is the pronunciation used only in south of England? Why the southern pronunciation standard? Do the people living in south of England speak other English than the people living in the rest of England?
  

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Is the pronunciation used only in the south of England? Why is the southern pronunciation standard? Do the people living in the south of England speak a different English than the people living in the rest of England?

— AlpheccaStars

  • Is the pronunciation used only in the south of England?
  • Why is the southern pronunciation standard?
  • Do the people living in the south of England speak a different English than the people living in the rest of England?
  • The pronunciation is considered "standard" because the southern part of the country had the seat of power (The Royal residences, Parliament) and the most prestigious universities (Oxford, Cambridge).
  • The standard pronunciation is what you hear on BBC.
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Is the pronunciation used only in the south of England? Why is the southern pronunciation standard? Do the people living in the south of England speak a different English than the people living in the rest of England?

The pronunciation is considered "standard" because the southern part of the country had the seat of power (The Royal residences, Parliament) and
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Hmmmm! Interesting knowledge. Thanks
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AlpheccaStarsThe standard pronunciation is what you hear on BBC.
Not exclusively. It also has presenters and reporters with regional accents.
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sundarnazWhy is the southern pronunciation standard?
Because that's where the capital (London) is located. You will find that in most countries which have a language that is pronounced a little differently from region to region, the pronunciation which is considered standard for the entire language is the pronunciati
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RP is spoken in the south of England by generally middle class and up and is the accent on the news, however the north of England speaks differently in many ways but the main two ways are bath, father, star are said with the vowel in cat, hat, mat and words like much, but and other are said like book, butcher, took. Also not all of the south has this accent like the rural south especially south-we
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Hmmmm! Languages every where have diversity.
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