Received Pronunciation

Speech parts

1. Received Pronunciation - Noun

2. Received Pronunciation - Proper noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Oxford English Standard English BBC English elite accent high-class accent privileged accent public school accent standard pronunciation well-spoken accent english upper class accent posh accent refined accent rp accent sophisticated accent

Antonyms

dialect patois strong accent

Hypernyms

english pronunciation orthoepy English language

Examples

According to Fowler's Modern English Usage (1965), the correct term is "'the Received Pronunciation'. Source: Internet

The IPA form of Golf implies it is pronounced gulf, which is not either General American English or British Received Pronunciation. Source: Internet

Words like bath and cloth have the vowels /ɑː ɒ/ in Received Pronunciation, but /æ ɔ/ in General American. Source: Internet

From the 1970s onwards, attitudes towards Received Pronunciation have been changing slowly. Source: Internet

Page 4 reads: Standard Southern British (where 'Standard' should not be taken as implying a value judgment of 'correctness') is the modern equivalent of what has been called 'Received Pronunciation' ('RP'). Source: Internet

Received Pronunciation (RP) is generally viewed as a 19th-century development and is not reflected in North American English dialects, which are based on 18th-century English. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

received meaning received notion received opinion Received Standard received view received wisdom