Sure, you THINK you know what RP is, but do you? Do you REALLY? In this episode we ask the most marvellous linguist in all of the land to tell us where it came from, and how it’s progressed through the ages. We also had a brilliant response to our call for your RP samples, so we use those to have a big think about what RP means in its modern form. Featuring submissions by: Andre Refig, Andrew Dennis, Millie Jones, Alice King and Amina Koroma Here are some links, as promised in the show: Nic’s Big New Thing “The Voice Coach Podcast” has been submitted to iTunes, we’re just waiting for it to show up – to find the link as soon as it’s available, follow Nic on Instagram or Twitter, and we’ll update the link here too when we can. Find Jan and Edda’s book on English accents HERE  Find Erik Singer’s Wired video HERE  Find Chi Luu’s essay on why RP is the accent of choice for movie baddies HERE  Sponsors and discounts! This episode is sponsored by Source Elements, Black Cat Music, and Vocalmist Get 10% off any new VocalMist bundle and travel case with the code VOSOCIAL Get 15% off your Studiobricks booth from Black Cat Music with the secret passcode “VO Social Pod Cats” Also, some important credits: The violin music under the e-Learning Narrator part of the Vocalmist ad is by Joseph Earwicker The music in the Source Elements ad is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thevosocial/message