what is rp accent
Received Pronunciation (RP) /rÉ¨ËsiËvd prÉËnÊnsiËeÉªÊÉn/ is the accent of Standard English in the United Kingdom, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms.n the first edition of the English Pronouncing Dictionary (1917), he named the accent Public School Pronunciation, but for the second edition in 1926, he wrote, In what follows I call it Received Pronunciation (abbreviation RP), for want of a better term..