I still like the more archaic "theatrical" version of RP. It makes me wish that people in the States still had the Trans-Atlantic accent like back before The Great Depression.
There is a podcast called ' Slate presents Lexicon Valley' and there is one podcast entitled ' Why Do People Talk Like That in old Movies?' It discusses precisely this shift in the prewar American accent and the post war accent. Very interesting. It's fascinating to listen the many clips they use to illustrate this your point and the change pre war/ post war is really dramatic.
+Dexter Riley There are some American accents I'm fond of - Locust Valley lockjaw, Boston Brahmin, Louisianan, Tennessee, American Newscaster English (varying tone & cadence - quite animated, clearly enunciated), American Flight Attendant English (calm, condescending & precise)
Damremont18 that pre war accent wasn't spoken by the average American. it literally was contrived by actors to sound more appealing to both British and American audiences. Don't think for a minute lay people in America spoke like that. it was never that way except for actors during the role. The only group of Americans to ever speak Transatlantic English outside of acting were the Boston Brahmin. and that is a very small part of Boston society and even they recognize their accent is largely made up. Original settlers of America all spoke with multiple British accents and those accents all combined to create the American Standard today. It's not like one day Americans just decided to stop sounding British. In fact it was more than when England deliberately changed their speech to the Queen's English that coastal areas followed in suit due to trade and commerce.
At school I was taught English with an RP accent, watched BBC and thought well, it seems I can communicate with anyone in England. Until the immigration officer at Heathrow asked me "Washapurpsavisit". I thought Jesus is it even Britain. Later, I found out that only 3 per cent of England speak with an RP. So that probably was the biggest misconception about Britain
GLBizzie oh does it? Anyway, it's good that the vast majority don't make judgements based on my name. It is of Persian origin, but isn't common in Arab countries btw, I'm not Muslim, so be careful when making such statements. You didn't offend me, but you may offend others
Serdar Durdyyev It tends to be quite regional. Even within London you wouldn't get anyone speaking RP outside of certain cliques in West & latterly North London. Stangley enough a LOT of posh kids aspire & effect to speak in my accent which is E.London & traditionally at the bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum but it is very fashionable!
Second video I watched of this Channel. As a teacher of English in a foreign country I couldn't be more grateful for the excellent balance between being informative and entertaining. Great job.
I'm English but not posh (bristolian) I love to do accents, I've always wanted to know how to do an old fashioned posh English accent, still can't quite do it though!
Crooked mouth Campbell actually to me (have american accent) posh accent is BEAUTIFUL!! I don't understand people tease you. At least my friends and i love it looks smart LOL
When teaching accents I think one thing that many fail to cover is that of cadence. The Cadence of British speech is different from that of an American. It might be helpful to teach that for those who wish to master a British accent. If the cadence is off, it will come across as an American faking the accent. Oh sure the pronunciations may even be correct but if the cadence is off, it will sound off.
Yes, a halfway British-American sound is a typical problem of mine, too :/ I could easily produce a perfect American accent, a kind of Texan one, but I don't want to, the British is clearly the more respectable one (even by the Americans themselves).
Hi there! My name is Malena. I'm from Argentina. I'm studying to be a teacher of English. Next week I have to deliver a class about English accents. I chose Upper RP (posh accent) and the Cockney one. These videos have helped me a lot! THANKS! You're a geniuos! :)
Thank you for the vids. I showed the Cockney clip ( love that one) to my students in order to learn about the different accents and dialects your language has ( which make learning it so exciting) It's a pity some of them think all of you speak RP. Thank god you're here.
They tried to teach me English this way, but then I started too many Hollywood movies and... Well, I now sound strange, not really California and not really Posh :)
Thank you for the video, this has helped me a lot. I needed to speak posh for a drama performance so this has helped me to fully fulfil my role. Thanks
I have an easy way for you to get the accent. Just be egotistical, lie about everything and treat working class people like dogs, then I am sure the accent will come out like magic. Works for the Tory party....
Your sense of humor is just amazing. So amazing that it made me write this comment and I don't normally leave them. Thanks a lot for the good mood and high-quality content! =))))))
Very well done! I love the creative way you present your lessons. Definitely sets them apart from the rest, and makes them so enjoyable that they don't feel like learning at all!
THANK YOU SIR I'M A BIG FAN OF YOURS FROM BANGLADESH ..ITS A GOOD CHANNEL AND I ALWAYS USED TO FIND THIS KIND OF THINGS BUT GOD SWEAR ITS MASTERPIECE THANK YOU .. MASH
it's so interesting!! Men, you're doing amazing things. Seriously. I'm from Russia and I want to say to you a great great THANKS from all foreigners who try to learn language at a high level)!
I don't know why but there is something in England that always manages to charm me even though I've never been there.Maybe I should go and visit to England in this summer.
@@ccxl8260 I agree with you. I've witnessed it first hand. People getting aggressive and nasty to RP folks purely because of the way they speak. Everybody wants to blame the 'Middle Class' but the truth is RP folks just speak well that's all. Good observation you have too.
At age 14, even though I'm Scandinavian, I mastered a Southern Texan US accent. While it's fun and all, I've been practicing different accents for a bit of variety. Sounding like a cowboy is cool, but I'd love more variety, and therefore videos like these are terrific!
Texas Tea - there is no 'r' sound. It is a schwa vowel, so - Indiuh, Annuh, ideuh. The intrusive 'r' sound only comes in if there are two vowel sounds together as the video points out.
Really thanks! 😊 I'm improving my british accent with you 😊 just one question there are strange words in british English 'used by native speakers' I don't know'em if you can make a video about this or something else and thanks 😊
I'm having my final exam (English Linguistics) withing 10hours. Wish i found your channel a few years (or at least days) earlier. :Way more exciting than books. ;)
Stupid question maybe someone can answer me: The word "whence", is it still used? I usually only read it in kinda old texts so i'm not sure as to wether it is still usable today in normal english? Sounds so much better than "from where" (especially writing english tests) but as i said i dont know if i can use it in my school's dictionaries it doesn't exist but these lack any mildly complicated or unnecessary term anyway, help, anyone?
Unfortunately that word isn't used often, nowadays. That shouldn't stop you from using it, though! We need to save lovely old words like 'whence' (and even 'one', meaning you/we/people in general) because they serve a function. Losing them would be such a shame. If you say 'whence' it will make you sound educated and somewhat old-fashioned, but people will understand you.
so it's grammatically correct? i'm insisting on this as most of the stuff i write outside the interet will usually be graded and i can't use stuff that's officially wrong. But you're right, i love using "one" as well, sounds so much better than saying "you" all the time as a general descriptor. but i hate these things, i've had a long discussion with my teacher lately if you can use "they" instead of "he or she". any opinions on that?
Émile Yeah absolutely, it is grammatically correct, just very uncommon. As to using 'they' instead of he or she, that's also grammatically correct - if you don't know how many people there are, or you're talking about one person but you don't know their gender, it's totally correct to use 'they'. They explain it quite well here: en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/he-or-she-versus-they
thanks a lot that's what i was thinking. lol i totally forgot to check a dictionary about it, well i guess english teachers aren''t automatically right ;)
As an American... I speak, Standard American accent., mid-western. I am curious... Is standard RP consider the same? As an American... I feel English RP is pretty... SNOBISH still.
after listening to this i suddenly got an invitation to hogwarts
Lmaoo
aren't you getting a little old for Harry Potter references??? geez, expand your frame of reference. I'm embarrassed for you.
Ronette Pulaski one must not assume someone’s age over the world wide web without prior knowledge.
@@BernardProfitendieu don't take it serious, age is just a number, not very important
There are no such things as magic
Hard:
American - Hard
Brittish posh - Haad
Brittish Cockney - 'aaad
Scottish - 'arrd
NinjaTxGaming what is his accent I mean the teacher's accent ..jason's accent
NinjaTxGaming Whattabout Australia
West Country: ord
Manchester/Scouse: ahd
East Anglia: hahd
Australian: same as above
American: hord
better
Americans = bedder
British = bettah
Australian = bedda
NY bedda
0:51 : ok
1:15 : the Germans have bombarded British shores
That escalated quickly.
Me,German: 👁👄👁
@Lloyd Robert Evans i have trouble understanding you.
@Lloyd Robert Evans .-.
1:22 : Lovely.
I still like the more archaic "theatrical" version of RP. It makes me wish that people in the States still had the Trans-Atlantic accent like back before The Great Depression.
You mean like clowns.
There is a podcast called ' Slate presents Lexicon Valley' and there is one podcast entitled ' Why Do People Talk Like That in old Movies?' It discusses precisely this shift in the prewar American accent and the post war accent. Very interesting. It's fascinating to listen the many clips they use to illustrate this your point and the change pre war/ post war is really dramatic.
+Dexter Riley
There are some American accents I'm fond of - Locust Valley lockjaw, Boston Brahmin, Louisianan, Tennessee, American Newscaster English (varying tone & cadence - quite animated, clearly enunciated), American Flight Attendant English (calm, condescending & precise)
Dexter Riley the Transatlantic accent isn't RP; it is a hybrid of American nasality of English pronunciations combined. it is NOT RP
Damremont18 that pre war accent wasn't spoken by the average American. it literally was contrived by actors to sound more appealing to both British and American audiences. Don't think for a minute lay people in America spoke like that. it was never that way except for actors during the role.
The only group of Americans to ever speak Transatlantic English outside of acting were the Boston Brahmin. and that is a very small part of Boston society and even they recognize their accent is largely made up.
Original settlers of America all spoke with multiple British accents and those accents all combined to create the American Standard today. It's not like one day Americans just decided to stop sounding British. In fact it was more than when England deliberately changed their speech to the Queen's English that coastal areas followed in suit due to trade and commerce.
At school I was taught English with an RP accent, watched BBC and thought well, it seems I can communicate with anyone in England.
Until the immigration officer at Heathrow asked me "Washapurpsavisit".
I thought Jesus is it even Britain.
Later, I found out that only 3 per cent of England speak with an RP.
So that probably was the biggest misconception about Britain
Your Name Sounds Like You Just Arrived from Syria or Iraq..:D
GLBizzie oh does it? Anyway, it's good that the vast majority don't make judgements based on my name. It is of Persian origin, but isn't common in Arab countries
btw, I'm not Muslim, so be careful when making such statements. You didn't offend me, but you may offend others
Serdar Durdyyev
It tends to be quite regional. Even within London you wouldn't get anyone speaking RP outside of certain cliques in West & latterly North London. Stangley enough a LOT of posh kids aspire & effect to speak in my accent which is E.London & traditionally at the bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum but it is very fashionable!
He must be a direct descendant of Xerxes from the 300 movie who has his eyes set in rebuilding the great Persian Empire.
Serdar Durdyyev cool story =)
This channel is exacly what I have been looking for! Splendid! :)
+Grzegorz Błondek Welcome!
same here! sometimes when I talk though, I sound british without the accent.
Grzegorz Błondek Precisely!
Delightful!
Second video I watched of this Channel. As a teacher of English in a foreign country I couldn't be more grateful for the excellent balance between being informative and entertaining.
Great job.
Thanks! :)
I'm English but not posh (bristolian) I love to do accents, I've always wanted to know how to do an old fashioned posh English accent, still can't quite do it though!
TheGarden that’s my natural accent, ahaha! It’s very sad when people tease me about it lol
Crooked mouth Campbell actually to me (have american accent) posh accent is BEAUTIFUL!! I don't understand people tease you. At least my friends and i love it looks smart LOL
luke JJ thankyou xx
Crooked mouth Campbell I must love your old fashioned accent? Which part of England are you from?
@@crookedmouthcampbell6459 Me too and people are shocked because I grew up in a very Ghetto area lol
Great resource for actors. Thanks for the lessons.
+JJDBaca glad you like them!
the way you are putting your channel forward is so good and entertaining.
Thanks dude! :)
When teaching accents I think one thing that many fail to cover is that of cadence. The Cadence of British speech is different from that of an American. It might be helpful to teach that for those who wish to master a British accent. If the cadence is off, it will come across as an American faking the accent. Oh sure the pronunciations may even be correct but if the cadence is off, it will sound off.
Yes, a halfway British-American sound is a typical problem of mine, too :/ I could easily produce a perfect American accent, a kind of Texan one, but I don't want to, the British is clearly the more respectable one (even by the Americans themselves).
Mr Victorian Ghost Man is funny. x3
I find him funny too and like that he is black and white like old films.
He is more like a British man from 1940s than a Victorian.
Yeah, who is that; he isn't credited?
Aren't monocle chains supposed to be attached to something?
Aren't you supposed to get that they're joking?
r/woosh?
We may never know
@@DuskAndHerEmbrace13 Joking doesn't exclude the possibility that they just didn't knew it : P
Pippo Da Coconut IT’S WOOOOSH WITH FOUR Os
The Queens English rock! It is just lovely!
lovelei
A-ph-sö-lutley loveley, if yoü dön't mindeh, sire.
@@LegendOfTheOld offended.
Freddie Mercury is Queen's Rock.
Hi there! My name is Malena. I'm from Argentina. I'm studying to be a teacher of English. Next week I have to deliver a class about English accents. I chose Upper RP (posh accent) and the Cockney one. These videos have helped me a lot! THANKS! You're a geniuos! :)
Awesome choices! Good luck! Let us know how it goes! :)
Malena Carla D'Arpino genial!! I am from Mexico and I decide to be a teacher too😆😆
AMAZING! Never seen anything more fun and useful for learning the English language. THANKS!
Thank you for the vids. I showed the Cockney clip ( love that one) to my students in order to learn about the different accents and dialects your language has ( which make learning it so exciting) It's a pity some of them think all of you speak RP. Thank god you're here.
They tried to teach me English this way, but then I started too many Hollywood movies and... Well, I now sound strange, not really California and not really Posh :)
Ana Luiza Brown
Me too I sound 70% posh and 30% American.
Me too. My accent is a mix. So strange.
Transatlantic accent
What a stupid comment.
You haven't heard anything until you've heard a Klingon with a Posh accent.
More in common than you might think - crooked teeth, for instance.
Thank you for the video, this has helped me a lot. I needed to speak posh for a drama performance so this has helped me to fully fulfil my role. Thanks
I have an easy way for you to get the accent. Just be egotistical, lie about everything and treat working class people like dogs, then I am sure the accent will come out like magic. Works for the Tory party....
Your sense of humor is just amazing. So amazing that it made me write this comment and I don't normally leave them. Thanks a lot for the good mood and high-quality content! =))))))
Very well done! I love the creative way you present your lessons. Definitely sets them apart from the rest, and makes them so enjoyable that they don't feel like learning at all!
Hugh Grant's accent and voice are a symphony to my ears.
These videos are well produced - great channel!
I paid more attention when you named Tom Hiddleston :P He speaks so nice! I've learnt a lot from him.
Ikr, he's my English speaker goal 😂
Queen of Nevers Omg sammeee
The older man sounds exactly like my grandad haha
THANK YOU SIR I'M A BIG FAN OF YOURS FROM BANGLADESH ..ITS A GOOD CHANNEL AND I ALWAYS USED TO FIND THIS KIND OF THINGS
BUT GOD SWEAR ITS MASTERPIECE
THANK YOU ..
MASH
Such a wonderful video
+lizzybat w;.;W you liked it?
+Learn English with Papa Teach Me yes, it was very helpful :) thank you!
The accent of the Golden age of England.
The best ever.
Belay the rest.
2:37 is when they finally get on with it.
bRuh I clicked the time when I was actually at it
Thank you
"BOTTOM OF THE BARROW...EHEHEHEH" the moment he started talking bout Kim K, i just laugh till my stomach hurts
Your videos are great. Your explanations are lucid and easy to remember. Thanks.
Love your taste of humor! Really, I'm watching and smilling at my display in the same time!
Great, chaps! XD You always find a funny way to teach somethig! Thanks for the video.
Thanks Luca!
Bless you. Next week, I have an audition and this has helped so much.
Do well
Love this video!! Your videos are all well made,with those funny details!! Love it!!
English language is ,,fascinatating''! I have just subscribed, thanks Papa!
I love the "archaic RP" Such a pity noone speaks it, with the exception of old people
Jolly good show i must award with precious raise
The older guy speaks so much better! That's proper RP, love it! Thank you xxx
Dude ur hilarious, keep it up.
P.S i bought a cockney mug.
Very entertaining and informative at the same time- thank you! :)
wow,this channel is my heavenly sent,all the british sounding pronounciation i ever wished for, are enveloped as one video
i sound exactly like the modern speaking guy, but in no way am I posh :'D ... Surrey accents are very misleading ahah
I love how Keira Knightly speaks. I even love anything else that Keira does.
I love your videos! They are informative and funny. Keep up the good work ;)
I think this channel is a good one because everytime I actually *struggle* to understand.
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna subscribe
A very authentic British English language channel
it's so interesting!! Men, you're doing amazing things. Seriously. I'm from Russia and I want to say to you a great great THANKS from all foreigners who try to learn language at a high level)!
+Sunshine dark&light awesome! Thanks for watching bud! 🤘🤓
Thank you for all of your videos!! I'm indeed enjoying to watch your videos!
The fact that I guessed this song was going to play for this video. lol
1:12 The way his monocle keeps swaying. I can't take my eyes off it. 😂
I prefer the old English
well I don't
Man,my deply respect.Great,with humor..greetings old Yugoslavia.
+Ratko Martinovic thanks man! :)
I don't know why but there is something in England that always manages to charm me even though I've never been there.Maybe I should go and visit to England in this summer.
I had the same feeling...you won't regret it ;)
+Niklas Enke Glad you liked our amazingly beautiful country :)
FreyaThePie YT i have the plan to move house into your country... one day ^^
+Niklas Enke haha where about a did you stay when you came?
+FreyaThePie YT no plan...wanna invite me to live with you? ;D
I just love your videos! I want to watch part two
+girl afraid it's here! :D ruclips.net/video/-iW7HxCi5d4/видео.html
Queen's English, BBC English, Hermione Granger's English... :-)
I love that old RP accent wish i could speak like that .
you guys need more subs... awesome videos!
I love traditional RP....never lose it!
It seems that the Old RP is the public enemy of the day.
Yes and I don't know why. People can't help the way they speak....accents are accents. There is nothing wrong with being posh.
@@DunhillX1 people who object to old RP are jealous of old RP speakers who and have no ability to speak this way like well-educated people.
@@ccxl8260 I agree with you. I've witnessed it first hand. People getting aggressive and nasty to RP folks purely because of the way they speak. Everybody wants to blame the 'Middle Class' but the truth is RP folks just speak well that's all. Good observation you have too.
This was adorable! Plus I learned something.
At age 14, even though I'm Scandinavian, I mastered a Southern Texan US accent.
While it's fun and all, I've been practicing different accents for a bit of variety. Sounding like a cowboy is cool, but I'd love more variety, and therefore videos like these are terrific!
SinerAthin är du svensk? are you Swedish?
I always find your video hilarious.
The old person making jokes about Kim K's bottom is how I aspire my humour to evolve
In an English pronunciation class Purcell would have sounded more appropriate than Vivaldi, wouldn't he?
Exactly what I was thinking.
GrumpyOldMan i thought the exact same thing
I have absolutely no idea as of whom Purcell might be.
Listening to this for my school play
The Old Man looks like Goblin in Spiderman movie.!
I love that movie
FANTASTIC!!!!! I love it!
"Old-fashioned? I should wash your mouth out with soap and water!" Hahahaha unforgettable 😂👏
I LOVE your video! Looking forward to the next one.
+An Phuong Nguyen right here: ruclips.net/video/-iW7HxCi5d4/видео.html
;)
that was great!
Thank you very much, that was very useful!
I think I sound quite posh and when I pronounce 'rolling pin' I say it as 'roaling pin' 😂 all of my friends laugh at me for it
Finally!!!!! Thank you, fellas!
The old man is Caspar Lee in 40 years
Saya Lotus lol
AAAHAAAHH OH MY GOD
My online English learners will love this! Thank you.
Lovely Londoner!
Humorous video but not only ridiculous but useful
When I hear words like India or Anna or idea, I sometimes hear: Indier, Anner, and idear
Texas Tea - there is no 'r' sound. It is a schwa vowel, so - Indiuh, Annuh, ideuh. The intrusive 'r' sound only comes in if there are two vowel sounds together as the video points out.
I've subscribed, this was hilarious and instructive, thank you kindly.
Who came here after 1 of Ninja's video making the polish accent ? xD
I love it how you made it comical
Really thanks! 😊 I'm improving my british accent with you 😊 just one question there are strange words in british English 'used by native speakers' I don't know'em if you can make a video about this or something else and thanks 😊
Good education teacher are very friendly
I want that you make more cockney´s videos, I want to learn this accent, please. Thanks and God bless you
We have something awesome planned! ;) don't worry!
oh, thank you :)
Danna A. Mora i agree with u......
Cockney accent sounds like chopping vegetables,how do you feel
Your 'avin a Turkish ma'e
I'm having my final exam (English Linguistics) withing 10hours. Wish i found your channel a few years (or at least days) earlier. :Way more exciting than books. ;)
+Andrea Balogh You can do it! :D
:) I passed. Thank you for educating us, your videos are very useful.
Andrea Balogh DUDE! Congratulations! :D
he's cute
jabrown1978 I prefer the guy on the left personally. 😉
your channel is very good because I like and still study about british...
When you said mirror, the posh person should have said "looking glass" :)
lol
I LIKE THE OLD FASHIONED ENGLISH. The Best english to speak
I'm brazilian, my English teacher is from south London, Croydon, so my accent is quite similar to hers...which is what? Ive been told mine is posh...
It could be! Make a video and send us the link!
Thanks
west country accent next!!
3:58 your ahs is grahs.
I love how the archaic guys teeth are trying to escape from his mouth. Definitely nailed it!
I thought most British people sounded like that since it's all I generally hear on TV etc...
You thought wrong😂
great work!!!
thank you
Thank you suja!
Stupid question maybe someone can answer me: The word "whence", is it still used? I usually only read it in kinda old texts so i'm not sure as to wether it is still usable today in normal english? Sounds so much better than "from where" (especially writing english tests) but as i said i dont know if i can use it in my school's dictionaries it doesn't exist but these lack any mildly complicated or unnecessary term anyway, help, anyone?
Unfortunately that word isn't used often, nowadays. That shouldn't stop you from using it, though! We need to save lovely old words like 'whence' (and even 'one', meaning you/we/people in general) because they serve a function. Losing them would be such a shame. If you say 'whence' it will make you sound educated and somewhat old-fashioned, but people will understand you.
so it's grammatically correct? i'm insisting on this as most of the stuff i write outside the interet will usually be graded and i can't use stuff that's officially wrong. But you're right, i love using "one" as well, sounds so much better than saying "you" all the time as a general descriptor. but i hate these things, i've had a long discussion with my teacher lately if you can use "they" instead of "he or she". any opinions on that?
Émile Yeah absolutely, it is grammatically correct, just very uncommon. As to using 'they' instead of he or she, that's also grammatically correct - if you don't know how many people there are, or you're talking about one person but you don't know their gender, it's totally correct to use 'they'. They explain it quite well here: en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/he-or-she-versus-they
thanks a lot that's what i was thinking. lol i totally forgot to check a dictionary about it, well i guess english teachers aren''t automatically right ;)
Émile I guess not :D You're welcome, no problem
"RP"
My auto generated subtitle : OUR PEE
As an American... I speak, Standard American accent., mid-western. I am curious... Is standard RP consider the same? As an American... I feel English RP is pretty... SNOBISH still.
+ScorpiusTheScorpin yeah it is seen as "snobbish" definitely. And also quite old fashioned