http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishAudioSpeechPronunciation/Forum22.htmBritish, American, Scottish accent or using super-fantastic-high-tech software, we'll help you with pronunciation.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#685710Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:43:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:685710Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#685710http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-685710.xmlMy dear, the main reason is because RP is like a standard English For all countries, but EE is like only for England , that's all, j bye from Chile jjhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#292891Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:292891Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#292891http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-292891.xmlim doing research about EE. can anybody tell me who exactly speaks it? it seems that nobody agrees on this issue. thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#155672Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:155672Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#155672http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-155672.xmlVery good...beautiful is a bit more like Bee-u-tifoe (or the foe could be spelt fow or fohw heh)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#140332Fri, 22 May 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:140332LeicesterLad3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#140332http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-140332.xmlYou often hear these days that Estuary English is "taking over" in the UK. I think this is overplayed. We have a few very visible TV personalities at the moment who speak EE - Jonathon Ross, Jamie Oliver, Robert Elms etc, and it seems to be a "trendy" accent in the media, but I don't notice it becoming a widespread way of talking throughout the UK - I live in the north east and regularly visit family in the midlands. The Manchester accent was all the rage a few years ago, but we're not all saying "mad fe'rit" now. There is possibly a slight "converging" of Brtish accents - inevitable with national media, but I don't think they're converging into EE. Regional accents will go on for a long time yet.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#137539Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:137539Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#137539http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-137539.xmlvulnerable -> vunnrebow it-self -> itsewf e-mail -> emaio stressful -> stressfow beatuiful -> beautifowhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#119630Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:119630Stephiee5http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#119630http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-119630.xmlwill you tell me if i have got it? vul-ner-a-ble = "Vohnabowhe" It-self = "itsehwf" E-mail = "emayowh" reduce = "rejuice" "th".= f (for most words not all) "L" = owh (usually at the end or middle of words but not in beging) "Actually" = Akchewie "brush"= bwush (?) i fink i got it no? email if you wana help me or get help from mehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#93381Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:93381nayeem196http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#93381http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-93381.xmlCockney speakers always omit the ' t ' . EE speakers only omit the t when it is at the end of a word , or in between vowels , never in between consonants . EE speakers also leave out the ' l ' in ' vulnerable ' , or ' itself ' . They also pronounce the ' l ' of a word like a ' w ' . For example , ' techinal college ' is pronounced as ' te?nicaw cowwege " by EE speakers . I have heardly listened to a pure EE speaker though .http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#92183Fri, 22 May 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:92183abbie19487http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/2/xczx/Post.htm#92183http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-92183.xmlI disagree, Rasmusq. "Cockney" is a very specific accent, and is not the same as EE, and at no time has Cockney been spoken by everybody.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#92158Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:92158rasmusq8http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#92158http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-92158.xmli 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#81698Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:81698rmkfd9http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#81698http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-81698.xmlCockneys 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'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#74649Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:74649nona the brit10http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#74649http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-74649.xmlYes I'm afraid that is one of its elements. Think (fink) David Beckham.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#74487Fri, 22 May 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:74487kumambachi11http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#74487http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-74487.xmlI 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".http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#74283Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:74283rvbolisay12http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#74283http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-74283.xmlright. media purpose is to communicate. to let people know.... to let people UNDERSTAND. regards.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#70761Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:70761HaffiezMike13http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#70761http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-70761.xmlThat is absolutely correct caduca :phttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#70597Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:70597caduca14http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#70597http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-70597.xmlRP accents mean that everyone can understand it, as some accents can be difficult to interprethttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#69739Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:69739nona the brit15http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htm#69739http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-69739.xmlEE 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htmWed, 22 Apr 2009 06:22:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:69459HaffiezMike16http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments22-69459.xmlI 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?