What is " Queen's English " ?

Question

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Is there anything called king's English ? I don't know.

Please answer me.

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Answer 1

Queen's English is a particular pronounciation in Britain. It is more formally called "Received Pronounciation". It is the pronounciation associated with the aristocratic speakers of English. There are only about 2 million pure speakers left, but many more people have some of the pronounciation.

  There are a lot of different pronounciations of English. Cockney, Midlands, Canadian English, Australian English, American Standard, African American Vernacular, and Hawiian Pidgin to name a few.

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In the source are two broadcasts from the Queen that are fifty years apart.

Answer 2

All the other answers are pure rubbish.

"Queen's English/King's English" (depending on the monarch at the time) is grammatical English spoken with a neutral accent.

Answer 3

It a way to describe "Correct English" Generally used by the Upper classes and people of the southern county's to a lesser degree.

What Americans would describe as British.

Answer 4

Greetings, Myshashi ~

Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language (specifically British English) which has long been perceived as uniquely prestigious amongst British accents. About two percent of Britons speak with the RP accent in its pure form. [1]

Received Pronunciation may be referred to as the Queen's (or King's) English, on the grounds that it is spoken by the monarch. It is also sometimes referred to as BBC English, because it was traditionally used by the BBC, yet nowadays these notions are slightly misleading. Queen Elizabeth II uses one specific form of English, whilst BBC presenters and staff are no longer bound by one type of accent. There have also long been certain words that have had more than one RP pronunciation, such as again, either, and moor.[4]

It is sometimes referred to as Oxford English.[5] This was not because it was traditionally the common speech of the city of Oxford, but specifically of Oxford University; the production of dictionaries gave Oxford University prestige in matters of language. The extended versions of the Oxford Dictionary give Received Pronunciation guidelines for each word.

RP is an accent (a form of pronunciation), not a dialect (a form of vocabulary and grammar). It may show a great deal about the social and educational background of a person who uses English. A person using the RP will typically speak Standard English although the reverse is not necessarily true (e.g. the standard language may be spoken by one in a regional accent, such as a Yorkshire accent; but it is very unlikely that one speaking in RP would use it to speak Scots or Geordie).

In recent decades, many people have asserted the value of other regional and class accents. Many members (particularly the younger) of the groups that traditionally used Received Pronunciation have, to varying degrees, begun to use it less. Many regional accents are now heard on the BBC.

RP is often believed to be based on Southern accents, but in fact it has most in common with the dialects of the south-east Midlands: Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.[6][7] Migration to London in the 14th and 15th centuries was mostly from the counties directly north of London rather than those directly south. There are differences both within and among the three counties mentioned, but a conglomeration emerged in London, and also mixed with some elements of Essex and Middlesex speech. By the end of the 15th century, "Standard English" was established in the City of London.[8]

Answer 5

The king's a bloke so he swears too bleedin' much.