the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting
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received pronunciation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | english, english language, orthoepy, pronunciation |
Examples of received pronunciation
received pronunciation
Received pronunciation was seemingly obligatory for anyone in the public eye.
From the eadt.co.uk
It is situated somewhere in the middle between popular London speech and received pronunciation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But my parents were sticklers for received pronunciation.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Tannoy announcements in received pronunciation.
From the independent.co.uk
They speak in accents which could range from received pronunciation, to provincial as well as Estuary English.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Who's to say why a clipped received pronunciation of a word is of any more worth than a Middlesbrough eight-year-old's learned interpretation?
From the independent.co.uk
She forged a new way of singing English prose and poetry, moving away from the pinched vowels of received pronunciation to a broader, northern sound.
From the guardian.co.uk
However, phoneticians regard the infusion of Estuary features into received pronunciation among younger speakers to be a natural process.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Before America acquired its Pavlovian response to received pronunciation, British cinema signified something very different to audiences on the other side of the Atlantic.
From the guardian.co.uk
