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Speak English With A British Accent
by Alison Pitman
Would you like to speak English with an RP British English accent. This podcast provides pronunciation practice and tips and tricks to improve your spoken English.
Episodes
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Why Do Americans Make Dates and Times So Complicated? - Why your WH-questions sound "off" - What Kind of Friend Are They?- The Wonderful British Word 'Piss'
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What Exactly Is a "Do" in British English? - Are You Mixing Up Your R's and L's? - 10 Phrasal Verbs You'll Hear in a Job Interview - Is It "To Me" or "For Me"? What's the Difference?
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The 'TR' and 'DR' sounds - why 'Train' Doesn't Sound like you think.- What Brits Really Mean by "We'll See"-"I'm Looking for Something Nice…" — How to Buy a Birthday Present in British English- The British Accent Myth That Ho
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The Secret Life of the Schwa: Britain's Hardest-Working Sound - How to Sound Interested Without Saying "That's Interesting" - Has It All Gone Pear-Shaped? 10 British Idioms for When Things Go Wrong - The Most Useful British Expressions Nobody Teach
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"It Says It's Been Delivered… But It Hasn't!" — What Would You Say? - British Office English- Especially or Specially? - Why British People Ask Questions They Already Know the Answer To
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Why do Brits say Cheers! when there's nothing to celebrate? - The Hidden Music of British English: Why Some Words Almost Disappear - Say It Like You Mean It: How Sentence Stress Changes Your Meaning - Phrasal Verbs with BREAK
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When Should You Stop Trusting English Spelling? - How Brits Deliver Bad News Without Sounding Horrible - Home, House, Property, Flat or Apartment? - Returning Clothes That Don't Fit
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Why British Conversations Rarely Get Straight to the Point - The British Accent Isn't Faster - Historic, Historical... and Three Other Word Pairs Even Native Speakers Mix Up - How to Sound More Confident (Without Learning a Single New Word)
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Stop Pronouncing Every Letter - The Secret Meaning Behind "Quite", "Rather" and "Pretty" - How British People Sound Polite Without The Need To Say "Please" - Whose side are you on? Everyday Words That Instantly Reveal Which Side of the Atlantic Yo
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Cut this, cut that — why the British can't stop cutting things - How to Bargain Politely (The British Way) - When "Common" Is… Not So Common 😏 - Why "next day" sounds like nex-day 🇬🇧 - Sample
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Compilation: Conversation Phrases beginning with B - Tips for Spontaneous Speaking - S at the end of words - Does your accent mark you out?
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Compilation: Common Mistakes in IELTS Speaking Exam - Shadowing Technique - Conversation Phrases beginning with T - Are you getting'DEAR' wrong?
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Annoying Speech Habits - Taking Your Time - Conversation Practice: Talking to Estate Agents - Conversation Phrases starting with M
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Compilation Episode: Emotion Phrasal Verbs - Tongue Twisters Part 2 - Fitness Vocab - Are these words tripping you up?
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Compilation - Why A Posh Voice isn't necessarily good - Emotion Idioms - Tongue Twisters - Ways of Saying Hello
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Questions that make you sound impressive in interviews 🇬🇧- The 'ear' sound in RP: why "near" is trickier than it looks 🇬🇧- Enough: the most quietly dramatic word in English 🇬🇧 - How to describe injuries (without sounding dramatic
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Already, still, yet: tiny words, big confusion 🇬🇧 - Phrasal verbs: where the stress REALLY goes 🇬🇧- Booking horse riding lessons (without falling off your English) 🐎🇬🇧 - -ly words that AREN'T adverbs (yes, really) 🇬🇧
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Sound like a calm, confident leader (without shouting) 🇬🇧 - How to sound British when listing things (it's all in the voice) 🇬🇧- How to sound British when things happen one after another 🇬🇧 -Tech acronyms: say them like a Brit (without
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Talking to a Recruitment Agency – What to Say 💼 - The disappearing T and D in British English 👀 - Idioms and Expressions related to Buying - House renovation English (or: how to sound stressed but sophisticated 🏚️➡️🏡)
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10 Fun Ways to Talk About Secrets 🤫- The "Dark L": The Secret to a Grounded British Accent 🇬🇧- Interview English: How to Answer 'Tell Me About Yourself'- Domestic Bliss or Domestic Drudgery? 🧹🧺
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Where to Stress in Compound Nouns 🏠📚- Where to Put "Only" in a Sentence – A Tiny Word, Big Difference ✨- Booking a Rental Car – What to Say 🚗- 20 Ways to Describe a Journey – Make Your Stories Come Alive 🚗✈️
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20 Common Medical Abbreviations You Should Know 🏥 - Why "pick it up" sounds like pi-ki-tup 🇬🇧 - Taste vs Flavour: What's the Difference? 🍫🍓-The Wonderful, Versatile Word: "Shit" 💩 (And How Brits Really Use It)
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Returning a Faulty Item (Very Useful British English) - Why Commands in English Fall ⬇️ (An Intonation Secret)- Ditch "Common"! 10 British Words That Sound Smarter 😎 - The Art of Saying Everything by Saying Nothing
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English Collective Nouns: How to Talk About Groups Like a Brit 🐝 -The "Invisible Y": Mastering the Y Glide 👄- Assure, Ensure, Insure… why English needs three words for this 😅 - British Idioms About Death (don't worry… they're quite funny)
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Why Some Words Get All the Stress in British English - 10 Polite Ways to Ask for Clarification in English - Everyday Collocations with LIFE 🌟- Who Do You Call…? Fun Ways to Address People in British English 🎩
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Why Statements Fall (and Why Your Voice Should Too) - Surviving a British Car Boot Sale 🚗 - The Handy –ward Ending in English - Are You Using U or Non-U English? 🎩
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The "Invisible Bridge": Mastering the W Glide- Other Ways To Say It Makes Me Angry- 10 Expressions to Describe Personality 🎭 - Idioms & Expressions Quiz
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A Trip to the Garden Centre 🌿 (Very British) - Except , Besides, Apart From - what's the difference? - 8 Phrasal Verbs You'll Hear at Easter (Especially If Chocolate Is Involved)- Softened Swearing: How Brits Swear Without Actually Swearing
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Ghastly! 16 Delightfully British Ways to Say 'Absolutely Awful' - The intrusive R - How do you say these Brand names?- A Small Mindset Shift: Replacing 'Sorry' with 'Thank You'
Here's the list: Shein - this one I've been saying wrong. I've always pronounced it as 'sheen' whereas the correct pronunciation is 'she-in' Nutella - another one I've been saying wrong. Apparently its not 'nuh-tella' its 'NEW-tella'. I've been turning that U into the schwa. Aldi - I generally…
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British Slang Intensifiers: Super, Proper, Dead - British Comparative Idioms: As Dead as a Dodo, As Free as a Bird- Booking a Pet Sitter: Real British English You'll Actually Need - How to Pronounce the SQUARE Diphthong /eə/
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Taking the Mick: A Guide to British Banter (Don't Take It Personally!) - Internet Abbreviations: A Secret Weapon for Spelling Letters Clearly - 🇬🇧 Unlock the Rhythm: Mastering Stress Shifts in Word Families - Stress Shifts Drills & Quiz
. The "Democracy" Family The Person: DEMo-crat The System: De-MOCra-cy The Adjective: Dem-o-CRATic 2. The "Celebrity" Family The Action: CELe-brate The Person: Ce-LEBri-ty The Event: Cel-e-BRAtion 3. The "Diplomat" Family The Person: DIPlo-mat The Concept: Di-PLOMa-cy The Adjective: Dip-lo-MATic…
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Chasing Someone on the Phone -Dog Idioms: Why British English Is Absolutely Full of Dogs - Silent Letters T, P and GH - Let's Work Out the Difference Between Work Out, Work On, and Work Up! 💪
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Spanish Speakers: Let's Talk About H - Three Phone Calls Every Homeowner Dreads - Past Simple vs Present Perfect: Why Brits Sound Vague on Purpose - Swearing in British English: Punctuation or Punch-Up?
Here's a brilliant sentence that's absolutely packed with H sounds. Practice it until you're sick of it: "How happy was Harry the hairy hippopotamus when he heard his hamster had hiccups in his huge house?" Want to get in touch ? Email: [email protected] Want the British Accent...
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Why Long Words Sound Wrong - Asking for Favours at Home - Politeness Level Up: The Other Modals the British Use (Without Noticing) - The Art of British Understatement: When "Not Bad" Means Absolutely Brilliant
A classic British film example of understatement. If you haven't watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail you're missing out. One scene that beautifully demonstrates understatement is the fight with the Black Knight. Here's the clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmInkxbvlCs Want to get in touch…
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British Work English: Softening Feedback- French speakers:vowel purity vs British diphthongs - Get Creative: 10 Very British Phrasal Verbs for Art & Ideas - Stuck? Good. You've Hit the Accent Plateau (And That's Not a Bad Thing)
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Awfully, Terribly, Jolly… British-Style Intensifiers Explained - Chinese speakers — final consonants & clusters - British Ways to Express Doubt -Silent Letters Strike Again: The Case of the Missing L & W
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Minimal pairs by native language: train the sounds your accent needs - Verbs of Conflict & Crisis - Parents' Evening English: Talking About Your Child's Progress - The Versatility of the word FUCK
The final section of this weeks podcast is dedicated to the versitility of a particular swear word. Please do not listen if you are easily offended. Want to get in touch ? Email: [email protected] Want the British Accent Training Courses? Details:...
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The silent K & B: English's most pointless letters - Inviting & Declining Plans (The British Way) - Indian speakers & British English: it's not your consonants: it's the vowels - Minimal pairs: why your ear matters more than your mouth
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Why British English trips you up at the ends of words - How those tricky endings show up in real British English work speech - Different ways to say hello (context + pronunciation) - Bump into, ran into, come across – when English collisions happen!
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Why on earth choose a British accent? - Why change your accent at all (if nothing's wrong with it?) - Can adults really change their accent? - What Progress Actually Looks Like
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Compilation 2: CONtract or conTRACT? - 🏃♂️ 15 Phrasal Verbs with RUN- - Master estate agent phone calls like a true Brit - Roleplay – You've Lost Your Luggage at Heathrow. What Do You Say?
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Compilation: 🎲 Game on: British idioms to level up your accent - Excuse Me! — The Art of Grabbing Attention (Without Grabbing Shoulders) -How Brits really say "Good night" 🌙💤- Do This. Read That. Master the Imperative in English
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Declarative (Assertive) Sentences - Arrive vs Reach and Look vs See - Post-Meeting Debrief While Walking to the Car Park 🚶♀️🚗 - The 10 Forms of "Other"
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Interrogative sentences in British English - 5 min Conversation:Asking For A Favour🙏- 📬 Everyday English in Under 5 Minutes: Borrow vs Lend + Bring vs Take - Semordnilaps (Words That Become Other Words Backwards)
Your Turn (Quick Practice) Try recording yourself saying the following with RP rhythm and intonation: 1️⃣ "What time does the meeting start?" 2️⃣ "Could you possibly send that again?" 3️⃣ "You've met him before, haven't you↗️?" 4️⃣ "Why is the train always late?" Semordnilap Sentences (Fun...
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Exclamatory sentences! And the RP British Accent - Need a Lift? Here's How to Sound Effortlessly British - 🇬🇧 The British Accent Challenge: Tricky Clusters (Part 2) - FUNNY WORDS THAT SOUND FAKE
"What a beautiful morning!" Stress beautiful. Light glide on morning. "How exciting!" Hit the second syllable: ex-CIT-ing. "Such a ridiculous idea!" Keep ridiculous rhythmic: /rɪˈdɪk.jʊ.ləs/. "So unfair!" Short, sharp, expressive. Want to get in touch ? Email: [email protected] Want...
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PALINDROMES: WORDS AND SENTENCES - 5 minute conversations: delivery driver - The Four Verbs Every Learner Trips Over (But Not You, After Today) - 🍽️ Everyday English Mini-Lesson: Better Ways to ORDER Things (Politely… and Not So Politely)
Palindrome: Read the following slowly, then increase speed while keeping clarity: Never odd or even, no lemon, no melon. Was it a car or a cat I saw? Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam. Want to get in touch ? Email: [email protected] Want the British Accent Training Courses? Details:...
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How to Talk About Your Weekend (Without Sounding Like a Textbook) - Words (and Phrases) You're Probably Using All Wrong - Mini british accent challenge - consonant clusters - Different ways to say hurry up
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How to sound instantly more British (by not saying things properly) - Weak Forms Quiz: Are You Secretly Speaking Like a Robot? ⚡️- 🇬🇧 9 British Phrases That Confuse Americans (and Everyone Else) - Sympathy, Empathy, Apathy… and the lost art of
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🎯 Upgrade Your Vocabulary: From Basic to Brilliant - 🛒 How to Sound Subtly British at the Supermarket - 🗣 How to Speak Like a Brit at the Supermarket Checkout- 🇬🇧 Why You Can't Say "A Cotton Lovely Blue Dress" (and Other English Myste
Join the 30 Day British Accent Challenge : https://learningbritishaccent.com/30-day-challenge/ ✨ Practice Sentences (Say them in RP!) "I'm quite house-proud — I can't relax if the cushions aren't straight." "He's a real party animal — first to arrive, last to leave." "She's an early bird; she's...
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Stop saying "very" — sound more British instead 🇬🇧 - Do you speak British or American English? 🇬🇧🇺🇸 - 🎯 Lose vs Miss — Two Tricky Little Verbs - 🎯 Optative Sentences — Wishing and Hoping in English
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Would you like to speak English with an RP British English accent. This podcast provides pronunciation practice and tips and tricks to improve your spoken English.
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