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1. n. the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting Source: wordnet

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english british pronunciation accepted approved based Britain broadcasting Cambridge elsewhere originally oxford public recently schools spoken universities until widely

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