RP has three open back vowels, where GA has only two or even one. GA speakers use /ɑ/ for both the RP /ɒ/ (spot) and /ɑː/ (spa): the father–bother merger. Nearly half of American …

Apr 28, 2022 · "RP" stands for "Received Pronunciation", the traditional name for the standard British English accent. "Received" really means "accepted in good society", which shows the …

Vowel length in AmEng is generally considered to be conditioned by phonological environment, so the long/short distinction described for RP is not usually present. GA is commonly described …

English accents are divided into two categories due to /r/ distribution. Rhoticity is a distributional accent variation. GA is rhotic which means that /r/ is always pronounced. RP is non-rhotic …

This document compares Received Pronunciation (RP) and General American (GenAm) dialects of English. It provides background on the development of these dialects since the late 18th …

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RP is the standard "British" pronunciation, while GA is standard American. RP could be considered the prestige pronunciation in UK English (including Australian and South African), …

With the consonants, the most obvious difference between RP and GA is the loss of /®/ in RP at the ends of syllables: RP /kå/ GA /kå®/ ‘car’. This loss has affected the vowel system. The RP …

RP has clear /l/ before vowels and /j/ (e.g. falling, million) and dark /l/ before consonants and pause. GA /l/ is much darker than RP /l/ but it is still clearer before vowels than before …

Apr 9, 2025 · Received Pronunciation (RP) and General American (GA) exhibit distinct vowel qualities. RP is often associated with the UK elite, while GA is the standard accent in the US, …