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What is Received Pronunciation? "Although the BBC does not, and never did, impose pronunciations of its own on English words, the myth of BBC English dies hard. It owed its birth no doubt to the era before the Second World War, when all announcers ... spoke ... Received Pronunciation." (Miss G.M. Miller, BBC Pronunciation Unit preface to the BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, 1971) Nigel Rees, Milford, CT, USA The miracle of language is that a sequence of sounds uttered by one creature can be understood by another. Standardization of vocabulary and grammar are essential for this to work. Since the communication is spoken, it must be uttered in a way recognized by the listener. Having segments of the populace speak a separate version of the language allows their members to communicate privately but diminishes their being understood by people outside their segment. Public broadcasts and authoritative messages should be comprehensible to all listeners, so to have an RP makes sen

BBC - Voices - Your Voice Skip to main content Access keys help Home Explore the BBC This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. 23 September 2014 Accessibility help BBC Homepage Voices Language Lab --> Voices Recordings Your Voice Multilingual Nation Where I Live News Schools Webguide Contributors Contact Us Also on Voices Accent-uate the positive Talking proper Elsewhere on BBCi Plain speaking Make your voice part of the picture and tell us about the way you speak across the British Isles. #else Make your voice part of the picture and tell us abo

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