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How would you define posh accents, do they share some common ways of pronunciation with RP? What do people think about posh accent speakers? Cheers.
How would you define posh accents, do they share some common ways of pronunciation with RP? What do people think about posh accent speakers? Cheers.
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I have a posh accent it's wonderful haha. The "t" sound at the end of words I guess is one thing. But remember for a lot of people "rp accent" is just their natural accent, it's not falsely created. I think that's important to note that it's not a fake thing.
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Thank you for the comment! Are posh accents regional, say you could have posh London accent, or posh Oxford accent?
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Hmm I would say the "rp accent" is quite similar no matter the region I would say it's from many regions in the south of uk
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'Posh' accents would suggest to me that someone is well educated and articulate. I would say that someone with a 'posh' accent could be middle class.
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Local people from Oxfordshire actually have a rural West Country accent
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This is a question sorry, but what does "RP accent" mean? I'm Australian lol
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It's like BBC English or the queens English it means "received pronunciation" but for most people with that accent it's their natural accent not "received" I think the term is an old term
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A Posh accent is when everything is said to the letter
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