HEIGHTENED RP VS MODERN RP: Know the Difference | Accent Coach
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Lots of requests over the last few weeks to do another video on Heightened vs Modern RP so here you go- hope it helps.
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I much appreciate your explanation you are a proficient teacher, and your lesson is clear as crystal!
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
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There was an episode of the American TV show Frasier where his English butler spoke in a very pronounced Heightened Received Pronunciation.
Interesting video, I wish I had found it earlier. Speaking as an American stage actor: You made a comment about rolled Rs coming out of the theater scene. In a theater without amplification, rolled and flipped Rs carry better and can be understood easier at the back of the house. If you listen to jazz singers from the 1920s, when amplification was not common, or American public speakers from before world war II, you'll find a lot flipped Rs. I do not know if that's why British theater used the rolled Rs, but it would not surprise me
Fantastic! Much appreciated. I like hearing Heightened RP in period dramas, but would never like to speak in that accent myself. It sounds so different from Modern RP that they seem unrelated ... which is what brought me to your video ... trying to find out the origins of Modern RP.
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
7 ай бұрын
Lot of influence from America! If you’re interested I’d really recommend Geoff Lindsay’s from RP to SSB book
@rominiyi1385
7 ай бұрын
@@mollypvoiceaccentcoach Thank you!
This is gold!!! Thank you for sharing ❤
Hey, Molly! I'm an English learner and I'm obsessed with accents. I love your channel so much. You're so incredible! I have a suggestion for your future video. There is this amazing British tv show Killing Eve. It's a hidden gem for people who are interested in accents and it'd be incredible if you discussed it from this point of view. The main character Villanelle speaks with a Russian accent but puts on other accents as well to come off as a different person. She is an assassin so this skill comes in handy a lot. I'd really love to know what you think of this beloved character and her epic language skills. Wish you all the best! 😘
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
Hi Kate, Yes I'm familiar with it! Love the show and idea- will put it on my "future to film list :)"
Being American, the English accent I was used to hearing was this "heightened RP" accent from period pieces like Chariots of Fire, Poirot, Jeeves & Wooster etc. and that was what a general "English accent" was to me. I do voice acting, and in trying to improve my "English accent", it started becoming rather confusing listening to modern accents, because they do sound quite different. It's interesting you say the modern RP accent has American influence, because the modern RP is a more noticeable accent to me than the heightened RP. Maybe that's because I'm used to it.
It's impressive such control level and knowledge. Bloody hell!😮
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
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Thanks!
Chaming lesson. I absolutely appreciate it.
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
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Thank you so much. Have a good Night 👍
The back and forth eight AND lateral eight is a great tip.
I really like your videos, It’s beautiful and knowledgeable. I can’t wait to see your next video.
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
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love ur videos!
Amazing video!
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
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Hola from Perú. Biggest Thank You
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
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I'm Australian and seems I have an RP accent.
Thanks Molly (Molly says this as she takes him by the hand... Ob-la-di, ob-la-da Life goes on, brah).
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Hi from central mainland Spain. I've recently come across your channel as I'm interested in mastering English by using just modern RP and southeastern British accent in general, so I hope it will be useful for me, even though I'm doing this for fun as I usually don't speak English at work because there aren't many anglophones tourist here where I live, except in mid-summer. Can I ask you a question? How many languages do you speak? Probably if you're good at teaching about accents, I would say you probably are able to speak a second language. Cheers!
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
Hello and welcome! Good question- I’ve studied French Latin and German however languages are not my strong suit 😂 pronunciation yes but getting the words in the right order? No! Big respect for those who are able to pick up languages as yes, it will totally help your accents!
Thanks for the video! I heard rp accent pitch and resonance are quite low and are from the throat. Is it true?
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Lovely video, Molly. it seems to me or brits with modern rp accent sometimes now pronounce the t sound in an American way ?
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
Great observation! Modern RP has very much been influenced by US sounds!
@mikeyc.6022
Жыл бұрын
Much appreciated as usual
Syllables and Word Strees are extremely important to us. Please would you do for me.
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
For sure
Darling, Could you do a video on devocing Z? You know most native speakers don't vibrate the Z in casual speech, they turn it into something s like. Try saying flowers but KZread lack videos on this topic..
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
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No one speaks RP anymore, politicians and the BBC speak Standard Southern British English which has a flat and harsh sound. The classical RP of the past is much more pleasing to the ear and melodious
A great example is The Worst Witch (1998 Version). Miss Hardbroom speaks Modern RP. Miss Cackle speaks Heightened RP. What about Hermione Granger? Somewhere halfway between the two?
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
9 ай бұрын
We’d call that SSB or some would class that as modern RP :)
I'm not native British however when I'm reading and speaking, I enjoy very much making RP accent, is this wrong? If I'm in London talking with someone, would they mind about this? it's disrespectful?
Please pardon me if this sounds a bit off-topic here, but I thought of raising this very specific question here under your latest video. I assume that you are in a much better position to answer/clarify this as you're a native speaker from UK who's familiar with RP too, in contrast to me here in Asia who uses English mostly as my second language. Don't you any longer enunciate an elongated version/form of the vowel/sound æ (something like æ:) in (Modern) RP ?. Despite being quite certain that I used to hear people traditionally enunciate a relatively more elongated form in (practically numerous) words/cases such as bad, sad, man, can (the noun for the metallic container and the verb associated with it too, NOT the strong form of the modal verb.), etc. compared to the short form used in cases such as patch, bat, cat, can (the strong form of the modal verb), etc., I no longer see such a distinction being made/mentioned in the IPA phonemic transcriptions given in modern dictionaries such as Oxford, Cambridge, etc. as the same symbol/notation æ is being used there to represent the sounds in either case. Could you please comment on this ?. Would it be (any longer) okay to make such a distinction in case of RP when/while speaking ?. Despite the phonemic transcriptions being mentioned there suggesting otherwise, I still do notice/hear such a distinction in the sound samples included for these words/cases in the above-mentioned dictionaries too. Your input would be highly appreciated. Thank you.
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Great question- our real vowel as you say in modern RP no longer is the lengthened mid- open position but more open and more frontal and short! Hope this helps sounds like your instincts are spot on :)
@Phonetician_
Жыл бұрын
Transcriptions are outdated in these dictionaries. You can use Cube dictionary for Contemporary SSB or modern RP transcriptions. Alongside watch contemporary SSB quadrilateral for vowel😊
@HLANGL
Жыл бұрын
@@mollypvoiceaccentcoach Thanks for the information.
@HLANGL
Жыл бұрын
@@Phonetician_ Thanks for the information.
Hi Molly. I loved the video. It’s very interesting. Greetings from Chile. Chile is the Latin American country with the most British ancestry. Reason why, Chile is the Latin American country with the highest per capita cosumption of tea. And also, it is the only country in Latin America where the cosumption of tea exceeds that of coffee. We Chileans love to drink tea at any time of the day. In the morning, in the afternoon at night… We usually drink approximately 4-5 cups f tea daily. And just like in the UK, here in Chile we also drink milk tea. Although, not all Chileans like. Some prefer tea without milk. It is said that it was a British sailor who gave a packet of tea to a neighbour in the city of Valparaíso. In the past, here in Chile people used to drink yerba mate. There are still some Chileans who consume it. The British instilled in our country the custom of drinking tea. Because they didn’t really like drinking yerba mate. Another reason why tea consumption became very popular here in Chile, is because in 1767 there was a tax on the consumption of yerba mate, in order to pay for the construction of the Cal y Canto bridge. Therefore, the English, who were already installed in a large part of Chile, took over the importation and distribution of tea in our country.
Can "Hightened EP accent" fans still learn that accent?
I like Rishi Sunak’s accent. Is it a heightened or modern RP?
@Jeanne7774
10 ай бұрын
it's modern
@matthewclarke4127
6 ай бұрын
Even Boris Johnson uses more modern RP pronunciations in his speech. @@Jeanne7774
Heightened RP sounds better than modern RP.
Your accent sounds like it has a fair amount of American influence.
@dkncd
2 ай бұрын
No it doesn’t lol
@JT-rx1eo
2 ай бұрын
@dkncd Yes it does.
I wouldn't say your accent is an RP accent. It's mostly neutral, slightly Essex, but not RP in diction.
Why do british singers use to sing pronouncing the way it's in USA?
Bridgerton clip is not traditional RP. It's people who've been to drama school taking special care to fully pronounce modern RP. Sounding a bit fruity isn't the same as old school cut glass RP.
@mollypvoiceaccentcoach
7 ай бұрын
Hello! Thanks for your comment- I think there’s always a scale of these things- different types of heightened 😊 I teach at many drama schools and we would teach this accent as a type of heightened
What you speak is not RP, it's Estuary English
I don't like modern rp sounds boring
Modern RP is NOT RP; it's some ugly estuary rubbish. LEARN REAL RP EG VOLUNTARILY = ˈvɒləntrəli NECESSARILY - ˈNESəsrəli Ego = EGəʊ etc
In order not to face these silly problems, American English is the best form in English
@myrza8609
Жыл бұрын
Nothing silly, that is only your silly thought.
@Gadavillers-Panoir
Жыл бұрын
Ok, but which accent? New York, California, Southern? Mid Western? Trans Atlantic? AAVE? Latino? Standard?
@antoniocastillo5382
Жыл бұрын
Boring as well AND ten a penny
@angreagach
7 ай бұрын
There is no "best" form as long as you can speak clearly.