Received pronunciation

name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries.

Synonyms

All synonyms
british english pronunciationking's englishqueen's englishreceived pronunciation language

Etymology

Commonly attributed to Alexander John Ellis but already used earlier.

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