Englishuser  +  229615 Sat, 27 May 06 03:33 PM Hi, What is the position of Received Pronunciation (RP) in Britain today? Depending on the source you get so different answers to this question... Also, what exactly is RP? Do BBC newsreaders often use RP these days? Some people I have talked to have said that you very seldom hear RP on BBC nowadays, that RP as such is very old-fashioned and almost unexistent, but is this really so? Do you have any examples of RP speaking celebrities? Englishuser Joined on Thu, Mar 30 2006 Regular Member 717 Pronunciation

	nona the brit  +  229668 Sat, 27 May 06 07:27 PM It  always was quite rare in 'real life' and I don't think many people speak it now. You used to have to speak in RP for any broadcasting job but accent is irrelevant now and many regional accents are heard on the BBC and elsewhere. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,743 The name says it all. Accents