American glottal /t/ is appearing before a vowel – and in more than one way. The post The American glottal conspiracy revisited appeared first on english speech services ..read more

My latest video analyses King Charles’s RP accent. Received Pronunciation (RP) was the upper class accent during the last century or so of the British empire. There aren’t that many speakers of classic RP left. Huge social changes in Britain starting in the 1960s rapidly made it sound very posh and old fashioned. Today’s standard […] The post The King’s Speech: Charles III’s RP accent appeared first on english speech services ..read more