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| Alphathon Groupie Scotland Joined 4178 days ago 60 posts - 104 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Scottish Gaelic | Message 9 of 13 07 March 2015 at 10:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
Be careful though as not all of the BBC anchors are RP speakers (which may or may not be obvious to learners, I'm not sure). Huw Edwards for example is Welsh; he normally reads the news with a fairly neutral accent but it's definitely Welsh and not RP. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| DaisyMaisy Senior Member United States Joined 5378 days ago 115 posts - 178 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish Studies: Swedish, Finnish | Message 10 of 13 17 March 2015 at 5:30am | IP Logged | |||||
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Now I can't get that "This is CNN" dramatically read by James Earl Jones out of my head!
I think news in general is a good source. Most are trained speakers and speak clearly and without any major accents (in the US at least). Avoid American reality TV; they all seem to have regional accents. Well, that is one reason to avoid reality TV among many! :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4666 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 11 of 13 17 March 2015 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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We don't get American CNN here in Europe, only the int'l version which has many non-native reporters and newscasters.
Furthermore, US newscasters' presence is not really common in Europe, our main exposure to US English are Hollywood movies and sitcoms which are like 75% California-influenced and 25% NYC/NJ-influenced. A sitcom may be set in Chicago (for example ''Married with Children'') but all actors sound distinctively Californian. Accent coaching is different for Hollywood actors and Atlanta-based CNN newscasters, for example the ''cot-caught'' merger is promoted in Hollywood but discouraged in ABC/CNN/CBS broadcasting (which feature very conservative '"General American'' most Americans do not use anymore; apparently the c-c merger is spreading in the South). It's always better to hear ''natural'' English (LA accent, Denver accent, Miami accent, Seattle accent, Columbus accent) than some labored contrived accent. Edited by Medulin on 17 March 2015 at 8:58pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5563 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 12 of 13 17 March 2015 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The late Sir Michael Hordern had, to my ears, the nicest, purest RP accent - pleasant
relief in the age when regionals are now obligatory. His narration to the original Paddington Bear animation series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZ3i9utHl4 and M R James No. 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiuaZW40L0M Add to that - Christopher Lee has a more 'modern' RP accent - as can be heard in his Dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEY1nIWYlDY&list=PL6sQ5rhBEY VCH1_zu9TaJHyeySVejXWpX Edited by Elexi on 17 March 2015 at 9:19pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Talairan Tetraglot Senior Member Spain Joined 6590 days ago 194 posts - 258 votes Speaks: Afrikaans, English*, Gypsy/Romani, Dutch Studies: Spanish, Flemish, Galician, Aramaic | Message 13 of 13 19 March 2015 at 10:08am | IP Logged | |||||
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Brian Sewell is the one contemporary name which immediately springs to mind for RP. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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