It is the accent that was supposed to be dying out. The clipped, precise tones of received pronunciation may sound less familiar than they once were and experts have for years predicted its ultimate ...

ACTOR Ken Stott has launched an attack on the late Lord Reith, saying the historical dominance of received pronunciation (known as RP) added to an “English culture of a feeling of superiority and ...

Amid the rich variety of British regional accents one always stood apart as the benchmark by which all speech should be judged - Received Pronunciation, the accent of "educated south-eastern England".

For the last 50 years Received Pronunciation has been rated as the most ‘prestigious’ accent. But how did it come about? Show more There is one accent that is often rated as the most prestigious - ...

Melvyn Bragg: a fellow Northerner wandering down the routes of the English language - and fascinated by Received Pronunciation Credit: Photo: MARTIN POPE Tonight on Radio 4 I shall mostly be listening ...

Regional accents are something of a badge of honour these days, and Received Pronunciation is on the back foot. About time, too, cry provincial types, after a couple of centuries of plum-in-mouth ...