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I was looking at the ''Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation''. It distinguishes two types of RP: | |||
#narrower, posh, upper-class, old-style BBC English | |||
#broader, educated, present-day BBC English | |||
[[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 09:29, 14 January 2014 (UTC) | |||
During the proms season they played an archive clip of Sir Henry Wood, in which, despite being a Londoner, he used the "Northern" pronunciation of "chance". I wonder whether things were different even then. [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] ([[User talk:Peter Jackson|talk]]) 10:40, 30 September 2017 (UTC) | |||
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I was looking at the Oxford Dictionary of Pronunciation. It distinguishes two types of RP:
- narrower, posh, upper-class, old-style BBC English
- broader, educated, present-day BBC English
Peter Jackson 09:29, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
During the proms season they played an archive clip of Sir Henry Wood, in which, despite being a Londoner, he used the "Northern" pronunciation of "chance". I wonder whether things were different even then. Peter Jackson (talk) 10:40, 30 September 2017 (UTC)