ChiangMaiLightning2143 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 What's a received pronunciation accent? And what sort of social circle? Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app You are not from the UK. .RP (received pronounciation) is a fancy “posh” accent you get from certain schools and institutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seancbk Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 hour ago, roo860 said: What's a received pronunciation accent? And what sort of social circle? Received Pronunciation (RP) is what most working class people would call posh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Received Pronunciation (RP) is what most working class people would call posh. Of course, 'a plum in ya gob'. Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I knew i should have not, but i took the test. So i am told i'm from Yorkshire.. BS , i am Italian. Funny that recently i had a chat with a guy from Yorkshire, i could not understand everything he said, but he could understand me perfectly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted March 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2018 Told me I am from Yorkshire............ and I am !!Maybe it was the ferret down my trousers that gave it away? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupooey Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I was impressed that I was identified as West London, as that is where I lived for my last 30 years in the UK. Not so impressed now, as it seems half the world are West Londoners. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, Stupooey said: I was impressed that I was identified as West London, as that is where I lived for my last 30 years in the UK. Not so impressed now, as it seems half the world are West Londoners. South London (Clapham) mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfd101 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 8 hours ago, mauGR1 said: Funny that recently i had a chat with a guy from Yorkshire, i could not understand everything he said, but he could understand me perfectly. That's normal: Speakers of the 'standard' language, or close to it, are understood by all native speakers, but speakers of regional variants are not understood - or only with difficulty - by speakers of the 'standard' language. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farang99 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) On 3/11/2018 at 4:35 PM, VocalNeal said: Having completed the test the result was West London The so-called West London or Hugh Grant accent is what used to be called Received Pronunciation (RP) or BBC English. But the test did not test accents at all, only whether you pronounced the words correctly, not whether you did so with any regional accent. Edited March 13, 2018 by Farang99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somelikeithot Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 im from south manchester and it says im from west london Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAD Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 The so-called West London or Hugh Grant accent is what used to be called Received Pronunciation (RP) or BBC English. But the test did not test accents at all, only whether you pronounced the words correctly, not whether you did so with any regional accent.Only 48% of Londoners were born there.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 I'd like to see a similar test to place American regional accents. We've got some real doozies! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 East Midlands. From Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishrepublican Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm norn iron. Otherwise know as Northern Ireland. Proper Ulsterman. Rule Britannia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 The test informs me I'm from Sunderland !!!... I've grown up in the West Midlands, while many in my area have a somewhat Brummy accent many Brits would usually struggle to place my accent which is pretty much 'neutral English'.... How the test links this with Sunderland beats me !... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 The test informs me I'm from Sunderland !!!... I've grown up in the West Midlands, while many in my area have a somewhat Brummy accent many Brits would usually struggle to place my accent which is pretty much 'neutral English'.... How the test links this with Sunderland beats me !... Maybe you accidentally said “ I’m gannin’ on the hoy like “ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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