Summary Of UK Accent RP (Received Pronunciation)

Summary of UK accent RP.

In the video Mr.Robinson talks about Received Pronunciation in the United Kingdom. Firstly he claims that English language has been in the UK for thousand years since settlers came from north Europe. There been number of dialects and accents in all parts of the UK. In the middle of 19th century there was accent who calls Received Pronunciation that emerged in public schools. The large part of middle class sent their childrens in boarding or public schools where everyone was taught same accent and since that accent became more used. In the 20th century accent became more popular since BBC adobted RP. People heard it worldwide and it became associated with the United Kingdom around the world. After World War 2 it became more possible to move up in the society and even more people take over the accent. Received Pronunciation only refers to the pronunciation. All of them use standart english without any dialect.