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May 2020
10m 57s

There Isn't a Standard British English

LIAM
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I hear a lot of people referring to BBC English, RP (received pronunciation), or the Queen's English as "standard English" or "standard pronunciation" but in this episode I explain why I don't think this isn't quite right.

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