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Spider Jerusalem

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13. That's not "comparable to Received Pronunciation", though

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 03:06 PM

Aug 2013

RP was at one time considered as a standard accent (it was the accent of BBC announcers), and was used by people across the UK who belonged to the educated upper middle classes. It's the "reference" accent; if you look at the Oxford English Dictionary, the pronunciations given are RP.

The American equivalent would be "General American".

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Is there an American accent that's comparable to received pronunciation in the UK? [View all] raccoon Aug 2013 OP

Talk like da Yoopers, eh! Denninmi Aug 2013 #1

I read (long time ago) that the NC/Appalachian accent is similar to Elizabethan England. femmocrat Aug 2013 #2

That's a good question. And it has been answered. Aristus Aug 2013 #5

Maybe a Philadelphia accent. RebelOne Aug 2013 #3

California is the equivalent of RP in the UK mainer Aug 2013 #4

That may be the impression now, Jenoch Aug 2013 #6

A map of the dialects of the US. HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #7

I couldn't see that one very well, so I found its whole website- interesting! marzipanni Aug 2013 #10

Many years ago Sun Microsystems made the Sparc IPC with voice recognition. StanGr Aug 2013 #8

The northeast mainly? 47of74 Aug 2013 #9

perhaps your question is being interpreted in two ways mainer Aug 2013 #11

That's what I meant, "the current gold standard for proper pronunciation" in its own country. nt raccoon Aug 2013 #15

You're talking about the Mid-Atlantic English accent MrScorpio Aug 2013 #12

That's not "comparable to Received Pronunciation", though Spider Jerusalem Aug 2013 #13

Ohio? Demoiselle Aug 2013 #14