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[–] bytheway@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

There’s a really good book I’ve been reading, which goes into detail about the development of the old RP accent (aka “BBC English”) into “Standard Southern British English”. It has a lot of detail about the individual sound changes. If you’re an accent nerd, you’ll probably enjoy it.

"English After RP": Geoff Lindsey