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In the UK, a term used to describe national and international English accents which are associated with Standard English. RP is the language of official authority.



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One fifteen-year-old that we spoke to on Tangier Island, in giving the name of a business, used an [e] in the first name "Charles," as is common in British RP and some Northeastern and Southeastern American dialects, and a standard American R in the last name "Charnick.
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