British Received Pronunciation (RP) Lesson 1
January 13, 2009Thought of writing something regarding accents. Am personally fascinated by the localisation of languages. I’ve found the following video from youtube
First thing first, you got to learn the British ‘O’. To me, it’s the most fundamental step to learning the RP. You’ll listen to it in the video for the first few minutes, learn to pronounce just the same way as the speaker.
Pronouncing the letter O lets us focus on the position of the vocal apparatus. The sound seems to come from the front of the mouth, unlike an American O, which to me, is a bit to the centre. So once you manage to pronounce the British O, maintain the same “shape” of your mouth and try speaking other words. It just might do the trick.
There are many other elements in learning an Accent. This is just the beginning. Hope you enjoyed the lesson.
