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Hi,

This has probably been asked hundreds of times before, but can anyone tell me what is an RP Accent. Is it posh English?

yes Right Posh!!

RP is "received prononciation" and is like the old fashioned BBC voices. Think public school.

But don't think The Queen!

Thanks

Hi, I was going to ask the same thing :+) so if a child doesn't really have an accent (like normal middle class but not posh posh) is it RP? thanks

Nice link here on british library that explains Rp very well

http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sound ... unciation/

In acting terms, RP usually does mean exactly what tikto describes. A neutral (not posh) voice with no strong regional accent. I suppose it depends on your perspective! When I was at drama school I apparently had the nearest to an RP accent in my year. I come from Birmingham but most people wouldn't guess this from my accent. I've been described as a "posh bird" but I don't think of it is as posh!

"Heightened RP" (which is a term sometimes used in acting) is what I would regard as "posh" (then again, that's just from my perspective!). Think Noel Coward, some members of Royal Family, some British Cinema in the 40s and BBC announcers from the early years of broadcasting.

I was told that dd has a 'soft' RP accent, what does that mean?

I have been told I have one as well, as I understand it it means that you have a fairly neutral accent but that there is a hint of a regional accent in there as well. So for me (and will be the same for you dd too) its a neutral accent with a slight northern hint to it (for example your dd most likely say grass to rhyme with gas rather than rhyming with ar*e)

She often picks me, DH and DS up on our prononciation of grass, castle, giraffe etc (public school education has a lot to answer for). Think it is more a flat 'O' sound, as in go, which I think should be pronounced more like gew.