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Noun Concept
Categories: Standard languages, Articles with short description, English language in England, Standard English
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Received Pronunciation  Received Pronunciation language  Queens English  Received pronounciation  BBC accent
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The approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting WordNet 3.0
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The approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Received Pronunciation is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard and most prestigious form of spoken British English. Wikipedia
Standard accent for British English Wikidata
The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP. Wiktionary
Form of English pronunciation. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
pronunciation
British English
English
dialect
Standard English
PART OF
English
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
WordNet 3.0
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Received Pronunciation
Open English WordNet
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Received Pronunciation, Received Pronunciation language
Wikipedia
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Received Pronunciation
Wikidata
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Received Pronunciation
Wiktionary
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Received Pronunciation
Wikipedia Redirections
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BBC accent, British Non-Regional Pronunciation, British NRP, British Received Pronunciation, British RP, British Standard English, Conservative RP, cut-glass accent, General British, Oxford accent, posh accent, Posh English, Public School Pronunciation, Queens english, Queens English, Received English, Received Pronounciation, Received pronounciation, Received Pronounication, Received pronunciation, Received Pronunciation accent, received standard, Received Standard English, RP accent, RP English, Standard British English, Standard Southern British, the Queen's English, the RP, U-RP, Upper RP
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BBC English, Oxford English, posh accent, Queen’s English, RP

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