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Encyclopedia > Public School Pronunciation

Public School Pronunciation, abbreviated as PSP, is the name Daniel Jones chose for the dialect of English which he described in his English Pronouncing Dictionary (1917). In the edition of 1926 he changed it to Received Pronunciation.


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Received Pronunciation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1381 words)
Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language which has been the prestige British accent (see prestige dialect).
Received Pronunciation was also sometimes referred to as the Queen's English, as it is spoken by the Queen or BBC English as it was traditionally used by the BBC.
Historically the most prestigious British educational institutions (Oxford, Cambridge, many public schools) were located in England, so those who were educated there would pick up the accents of their peers.
NOW with Bill Moyers. Arts & Culture - American Education and Civil Rights | PBS (1201 words)
Public education was seen as an effective way to bring these new Americans into the fold.
Mandatory attendance laws were passed and the school became crucial element in evaluating whether frontier settlements passed muster as towns worthy of incorporation.
School systems were primarily governed by local school boards, and funded by the state and local government, much as they are today.
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