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When people mention a single "British accent", in 99% of the cases it's just a more widely understood shorthand for Received Pronunciation. I don't see how that
by tavavex 1y ago
When people mention a single "British accent", in 99% of the cases it's just a more widely understood shorthand for Received Pronunciation. I don't see how that's bad or wrong, considering how common it is in education.
- noja 1y agoI would say in 99% of cases people mean Estuary English.
- CamouflagedKiwi 1y agoIt's not common any more, very few people really speak RP these days. The more usual thing accent that people might think of is sometimes called "Standard Southern British" (I've heard "BBC English" as well).