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

'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

Phonetic spelling as in subject... I was watching a BBC programme on Edward Hopper, which relied strongly on an interview with a couple who were artistic friends of the Hoppers. The fellow I'd guess in his 70s, and relatively unaffected for an

Interesting examples. Those are one (sic) syllable words for me. . . . Two syllables for me; no diphthong. But they all have about the same quantity! so to say that has oneof something but has two ... to say that Miss Moore's syllable-count

I'm surprised to hear this. I saw a band from ... usually is. Didn't pay particular attention to the Ls, though. I guess there are four comments to make here: 1. Scandinavian bands singing in English will often adopt an American-sounding

This might be due to the pronunciation of the L ... L sound that is similar to the British "light" L. I'm surprised to hear this. I saw a band from Norway the other day, and was, as I've always been, impressed by how

Just encountered a 1963 recording by Johnny O called "Meet The Bongo Man", and there's something odd about his pronunciation of the most important word in that title...I'm hearing it as /'bONoU/ where previous experience

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BTW, speaking of non-rhotic Americans, did youse guys know that ... wouldn't have guessed that in a million years or more. No lie? Fonz, you can consider my mind officially blown. I wonder who his dialect coach was once his family ... figure