HaffiezMike  +  69459 Sun, 23 Jan 05 02:09 PM I speak British English, and i do know the difference between EE and RP but can someone tell me what is the MAIN REASON of using RP on media such as news channel and why not they just use EE instead? HaffiezMike Joined on Fri, Jul 9 2004 KL, Malaysia Junior Member 67 I'd be happy to help you guys but I warn : I'm the kind of person who can easily gets confused :) and I'm not so native but been speaking British English since I was... Difference Between, Pronunciation, British English

	nona the brit  +  69739 Mon, 24 Jan 05 06:32 PM EE is a regional accent only, so it would be a bit like making all news channels use a Yorkshire accent, or a Bristol accent or an Edinborough accent. More and more regional accents from all over Britain are appearing on news programmes and they are common on other types of programmes, but you won't get one dominating. It just depends where the speaker was born. RP is a neutral sort of accent, it is not tied into one area geographically. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,743 The name says it all. Accents, Pronunciation

	caduca  +  70597 Fri, 28 Jan 05 02:14 PM RP accents mean that everyone can understand it, as some accents can be difficult to interpret caduca Joined on Mon, Jan 24 2005 UK New Member 12 Accents, Pronunciation

	rvbolisay  +  74283 Wed, 16 Feb 05 06:57 AM right. media purpose is to communicate. to let people know.... to let people UNDERSTAND. regards. rvbolisay Joined on Wed, Feb 16 2005 New Member 15 Pronunciation, Regards

	kumambachi  +  74487 Thu, 17 Feb 05 12:31 AM I recently read somewhere that the Estuary accent was slowly taking the place of Received Pronunciation in the UK. Whether it is true or not, I have no idea what the Estuary accent sounds like! Is there anyone that is fairly well-known (in the news or in movies) that speaks with an Estuary accent that someone could point out so that I might be able to hear it and distinguish it? I sure hope it isn't the UK accent that pronounces the "th" sound as a "f/ph". kumambachi Joined on Sat, Jan 15 2005 New Member 21 Accents, Pronunciation

	nona the brit  +  74649 Thu, 17 Feb 05 05:12 PM Yes I'm afraid that is one of its elements. Think (fink) David Beckham. nona the brit

	rmkfd  +  81698 Wed, 16 Mar 05 06:17 PM Cockneys produce 'th' sounds as 'f', estuary English users do not! Estuary English is kind of half way between RP and Cockney. Ben Elton uses it, as do some politicians, tv presenters etc. Its like RP, but with more glottals (bu'er for butter etc), 'l's at the end of syllables are often like 'w's 'miwk' (milk) 'midow'(middle) and RP 'tj'/'dj' sounds (Tuesday/reduce) are 'ch'/'j'='choosday'/'rejuce'. rmkfd Joined on Wed, Mar 16 2005 New Member 01 Pronunciation, Glottals

	rasmusq  +  92158 Thu, 21 Apr 05 01:06 PM i was under the impression that EE is taking over RP although many linguists do not agree with that. fact is that it is used already in the House and since the streets are already full of EE speakers some kind of merging must happen. though it would be kind of cool when everybody spoke cockney. rasmusq Joined on Thu, Apr 21 2005 New Member 01 3% Pronunciation