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๐ซ Posh English Accent Test: How Good Is Your Posh English Accent?
Received Pronunciation is crisp, controlled and unhurried, with long open vowels and no R at the end of words. It sounds like every consonant has been ironed.
๐ค Test your Posh English nowThe line to say
โI say, would you be a dear and pass the cucumber sandwiches?โ
The judge scores how close you sound, whether you keep it up, your commitment, and whether you stick to the line. Up to 10 seconds, free, no sign-up.
How to do a Posh English accent
- Use a long 'ah' in words like 'bath', 'pass' and 'dance': 'pahss the sahndwiches'.
- Drop the R after vowels: 'deah' for dear, 'cucumbah', 'fah' for far.
- Hit every T cleanly and lightly, especially in the middle of words like 'better' and 'water'.
- Keep the jaw fairly still and the lips slightly rounded, so 'no' glides into a rounded 'neh-oo'.
The most common mistake
Shouting it in a silly falsetto; real RP is calm and quietly precise rather than squeaky.
Warm up with this
โRather a lot of rain this afternoon, wouldn't you say, darling?โ