JB
John Beverley
@johnbeverley.bsky.social
British in Portugal. Retired NGO Finance Director. Modernist, analogue hifi, digital photography, latest fad - Spanish vermut.
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BBC popularised it, from 1920s on, but it had been around as a concept earlier. During and after Second World War BBC did broadcast some regional accents, Wilfred Pickles was my family’s favourite, but RP was dominant for a long time. I much prefer it to modern Estuary English, innit?
JB
John Beverley
@johnbeverley.bsky.social
British in Portugal. Retired NGO Finance Director. Modernist, analogue hifi, digital photography, latest fad - Spanish vermut.
johnbeverley.micro.blog/
932 followers1.4k following1.2k posts