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Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation (RP) is the pronunciation of British Standard, also known Franais Oxford, Queen's or BBC Franais Franais.

It is the prestige dialect in England but there's no particular prestige in other English speaking countries . There are other pronunciations of English in the British Isles , for example when we talk about the London ( Cockney ), there is also the Estuary English , the English Welsh , the English North , the English Irish and Scottish English.

References

  1. (en) David Abercrombie, Problems and Principles: Studies in the Teaching of Franais as a Second Language, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1956
  2. (en) Case studies: Received Pronunciation - British Library


List of regional variations of English
UK and Ireland British English Received Pronunciation English English ( English from East Anglia cockney Estuary English English West Country English Midlands Brummie scouse English North Geordie ) English Welsh English Scottish English Highland English Manx English Ulster Irish English English Channel Islands English Gibraltar English Maltese maltish / minglish
United States American English General American African-American English Ebonics Chicano English English New England American English North Central English Midwestern American English West Southern American English
Canada Canadian English English Newfoundland
Caribbean English Caribbean Jamaican English English Bahamian Trinidadian English English Belize English Guyana Bermudian English
Oceania Australian English English Australian aborigines English New Zealand
Asia Pakistani English Indian English English Sri Lanka English Burmese English Hong Kong English Singapore English Malaysian Philippine English
Africa Liberian English Nigerian English English Cameroon English Ugandan Malawian English South African English
International Standard English International English Mid-Atlantic Franais English North America
Variety simplified Basic Franais Plain Franais simplified English Special English Globish
Creole English Aluku, and Ndjuka Paramaka Creole ngatik Jamaican Creole Belizean Creole Gullah Ndjuka Sranan Saramaka Hawaiian Creole Creole Australian norfolk pitcairn Bislama Tok Pisin Pijin

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