There is one accent that is often rated as the most prestigious - Received Pronunciation. But what is RP and how did it come about? Lynda Mugglestone is a Professor of the History of English at the ...
Did 17th-century immigrants to the 13 colonies have modern British accents? First, we need to figure out what a “British accent” is. Accents are pretty complicated things. Linguistically speaking, the ...
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What Did the Original American Colonists Sound Like?
Accents are pretty complicated things. Linguistically speaking, the modern British accent is known as Received Pronunciation, ...
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