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voice & speech: speech and dialects: 10 Points of RP, SS, GA

10 Points of RP, SS & GA

Received Pronunciation, Stage Standard and General American Compared

by Eric Armstrong

This work is based upon Rocco Dal Vera and Robert Barton's Voice: Onstage and Off.

10 Points of RP, SS, and GA

10 Points Drills

The following sound files (mp3's) whiz through the words and sentences in the "drills" handout.

1. R-colouration

2. A Mediations

3. U Liquidations

4. Back Vowel Separation part A | part B

5. Twang Elimination

6. Schwa Elevation

7. Completions

8. "t" Articulation

9. w Distinction