Who are speakers of pure RP English today? Is it the BBC news readers?
Who are speakers of pure RP English today?
In general BBC news readers use RP, but it's also the general accent of the middle and upper classes in London.
Oh just in London then? Hardly! ;-) RP is much more spread out across the land than London alone, pal! There is quite a substantial sprinking of EERP* in our neighbourhood in Edinburgh - "immigrants" from all parts of England, from Warwickshire and Northamptonshire in the English Midlands, Yorkshire and Cumbria (North of England) and from Monmouthshire (often called Gwent) which doesn't quite know whether it's in England or Wales as it has switched back and forth from one to the other and back again umpteen times over the centuries, a bit like Berwick-upon-Tweed between Scotland and England and then back again. All these people seem to speak in fairly "posh" *English English RP, and as far as I know none of then have any family Connections with London.
Katy Price? Oh you mean Jordan, Mrs Peter Andre. Katy RP? Well, she's certainly not "posh" RP - she sounds just like the vast majority of her age group across the whole swathe of Southern England and much of South West England, East Anglia and much of the South and East Midlands. Katy (Jordan) actually comes from Hampshire - Central Southern England. I quite like her accent- it's sort of "neutral" - midway between "posh" and modified Estuary. I wish she would lay off slagging Peter all the time though! Poor bloke!
Right - off down the pub with a large group of jolly people now - I'm down here on the Northumberland coast for the weekend - half work/half funtime. Bamburgh Castle is absolutely amazing - it's been here since the 8th century.
Katy Price? Oh you mean Jordan, Mrs Peter Andre. Katy RP? Well, she's certainly not "posh" RP - she sounds just like the vast majority of her age group across the whole swathe of Southern England and much of South West England, East Anglia and much of the South and East Midlands. Katy (Jordan) actually comes from Hampshire - Central Southern England. I quite like her accent- it's sort of "neutral" - midway between "posh" and modified Estuary. I wish she would lay off slagging Peter all the time though! Poor bloke!
Right - off down the pub with a large group of jolly people now - I'm down here on the Northumberland coast for the weekend - half work/half funtime. Bamburgh Castle is absolutely amazing - it's been here since the 8th century.
I fibbed! - it's been here since the 11th century, not the 8th - the former fortress on the same site had been there since the 8th century. You can get married or civil partnered in the Castle, as in most other similar settings in the UK.
http://www.visitnorthumberland.com/site/highlights/the-icons/bamburgh-castle
Right - off to the pub......hae a guid one!
PS: The locals dont seem to speak Geordie at all! I am disappointed - they sound sort of basic RP really. Hmmmmm....anyway, it's English English! Cheers.
http://www.visitnorthumberland.com/site/highlights/the-icons/bamburgh-castle
Right - off to the pub......hae a guid one!
PS: The locals dont seem to speak Geordie at all! I am disappointed - they sound sort of basic RP really. Hmmmmm....anyway, it's English English! Cheers.