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British Accents
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British-RP
British RP accents
RP is the accent traditionally heard in British newsreading and formal public speech. It isn’t tied to any specific place, but it’s long been linked to education and social status.
TRAP-BATH split
Non-rhoticity (only pronounce /r/ when it's followed by a vowel sound)
There is no /r/-colouring
Modern British RP (a.k.a. SSBE) accents
A modern alternative to RP, Southern Standard British English is the model described in the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association.
Open TRAP vowel
NEAR can be a monophthong
(like "niih")
More glottal stops (but limited)
SSBE
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