You can do better than buying books if you're on the net. I know of an american site with loads of (kind of classic) poetry with recordings you can listen to or download. It's called "repeat after us" and could help you with

I noticed that this question is tagged as unanswered. Received pronunciation is so named because it was 'received by', i.e. taught to public school pupils and RADA pupils. ( RADA = Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts ). You can hear example in

Thanks a lot, everybody. As for me, I can't say, ... the same, as if he were talking his everyday language. Yes but you also have to take into account that it is a song, has rhythm, a tempo, bars and ... which you can extend as you wish. but

Hello. I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort ... where a similar thing could happen, say "pot", "stop", etc. I mean I didn't notice it

Hello. I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort ... was Blur, by the way. The sound was not even short, it lasted for some time (because it's a song).

I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort of ... where a similar thing could happen, say "pot", "stop", etc. I mean I didn't notice it in

Hello. I've heard (say, in some British songs) the following pronunciation: the vowel in "got" was pronounced in a sort of American manner, more like in "but", for example. That was Blur, by the way. The sound was not even

Is there a rule to predict whether an adjective takes the form -ical (as in political, hypothetical), rather than -ic (as in catalytic, systematic)? Paul Burke No. There are pairs, like "politic"/"political",

The other obvious pattern in place names from early American ... go, Poquoson it is! Write it down on the map,Harry." You get the same in Britain with Celtic placenames, leading to bizarre things like "River Avon". In Scotland it

'erbs' I understand taht this was the original pronunciation. "Language colonies" ... as can be seen from rhymes in 18th century poetry. Yes, the root is 'erby' but I can't recall hearing it on TV or radio programmes