George Bernard Shaw ridiculed the British obsession with class, recognising that its most powerful expression was not in what someone said, but how he or she said it. Using a wealth of archive, we hear how the drive to hide linguistic, geographical roots often went hand in hand with a desire to be seen as part of the metropolitan set and we hear about the post war levelling and the move away from RP.
RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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RP RIP - the demise of BBC English
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