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Meanings of receive pronunciation in English

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Usage of receive pronunciation in English
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Historically received pronunciation signified a higher social class than a local accent.
BBC
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Smith deployed a redhead's beehive and received pronunciation as Biggs' wife.
The Guardian
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This may help readers accustomed to accents resembling British Received Pronunciation.
The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
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Elocution here has got nothing to do with accents or notions of received pronunciation.
The Irish Times
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It is still an institution of received pronunciation.
The Guardian
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The former England captain David Beckham has gone from pure cockney to something approaching received pronunciation.
BBC
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To me, it's a bit like correcting a regional accent through the imposition of received pronunciation.
The Irish Times
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RP is Received Pronunciation, described as "the most socially prestigious speech variety available in Britain".
The Irish Times
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The expensively priced, upmarket range was invariably used to dress people with double-barrelled names and received pronunciation speech patterns.
The Irish Times
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I was in a group of three, with one other working-class student and one who spoke with received pronunciation.
The Guardian
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RP is received pronunciation.
Wired
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A received pronunciation accent is essential, along with a repertoire of tales from their gap year in South East Asia and, if female, a horse.
The Guardian
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She forged a new way of singing English prose and poetry, moving away from the pinched vowels of received pronunciation to a broader, northern sound.
The Guardian