Have you been trying very hard to speak English with the 'standard' pronunciation, or RP (received pronunciation)? You may be surprised to find just how small the number of RP speakers is in the UK.

This paper reports on a phonetic and phonological study of /t/-affrication in spontaneous British English Received Pronunciation. The study is motivated by the uncertainty surrounding plosive ...

Jan Leeming has suggested that she no longer gets work because of her “RP” accent. The former BBC newsreader joked that she doesn’t “tick” modern boxes because she speaks in received pronunciation (RP ...