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	by InCityDreams 1378 days ago
	"RP" explained for oiks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Think William Reece-Mogg, not Dick van Dyke.

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> Think William Reece-Mogg

FYI not sure about other countries, but Americans don't know who the fuck that is.

Name's misspelt, it's Rees-Mogg. This is his son, same speech pattern they're talking about:

"There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!” ― Alan Jay Lerner, My Fair Lady

And yet there are places in America whose regional accents are closer to English was at the time those places were settled than Britain is now.

Even more ironic is that My Fair Lady is an American film based on a play by an Irish Brit (George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion).

I think it's ironic that language which is used as the primary form of communication for one's whole life still requires training in University.

Perhaps there truly is no such thing as proper English.

Partly because his name is actually Rees-Mogg

More Jacob Rees-Mogg than William - it’s important that there be absolutely no discernible substance, skill or wit behind the voice.

Agreed. Looked him up and sti ll don't know who he ism