British accent

This one gives you RP sounds (is thisthe accent you'relooking for?)
thephonevoice's Channel - YouTube eg RP British Accent Training Part One - YouTube

Have you tried this:
PodOmatic | Podcast - Luke's English Podcast (podcasts and videos by a teacher in London)

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Originally Posted by Tdol

This one gives you RP sounds (is thisthe accent you'relooking for?)
thephonevoice's Channel - YouTube eg RP British Accent Training Part One - YouTube

Have you tried this:
PodOmatic | Podcast - Luke's English Podcast (podcasts and videos by a teacher in London)

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Thank you so much teacher for your interesting and help, I really appreciate it.

Well, I want to learn British accent, and since there are regional variations throughout the uk, I want a mainstream BrE pronunciation, I've read that RP "in Wikipedia" that it is spoken only by 2% of british people in uk:-?.
I want to start learning British accent and British English in general, so I need the advice from British experts as you, teacher, because there is a total chaos in the internet.

Thank you.
Best regards,


PS Happy stay in your new country.

RP is basically a neutral accent that doesn't show strong regional features- I don't agree fully with the article about RP being the same as the Queen's English, though it does break RP into sub-categories. It's the pronunciation I would recommend as it's universally understood. The 2% figure can only be based on a forced definition of RP- it doesn't mean that you sound like the queen. I would say that I use RP and I don't sound like her.

PS Thanks

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Originally Posted by Tdol

RP is basically a neutral accent that doesn't show strong regional features- I don't agree fully with the article about RP being the same as the Queen's English, though it does break RP into sub-categories. It's the pronunciation I would recommend as it's universally understood. The 2% figure can only be based on a forced definition of RP- it doesn't mean that you sound like the queen. I would say that I use RP and I don't sound like her.

PS Thanks

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Thank you, it seems when I read a part of this article that it is a very small minority who speak RP, but as it is it's universally understood as you said, I'll begin with the videos that you had suggested to me.

Thank you so much.
Have a nice day,

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Originally Posted by Tdol

RP is basically a neutral accent that doesn't show strong regional features

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I know I am being picky here, but some people don't like the use of 'neutral'. For people who speak other regional dialects, RP means 'Southern'. Some of us RP-speakers overlook this at times.

I agree with the rest of Tdol's post, and have to admit that I have been known to use 'neutral' myself.

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Originally Posted by fivejedjon

.....some people don't like the use of 'neutral'. For people who speak other regional dialects, RP means 'Southern'. Some of us RP-speakers overlook this at times.

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Thank you teacher for the information.