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neadods ([personal profile] neadods) wrote2011-03-13 08:22 pm
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For the Shakespeare Geeks: Sonnet 116 in RP & OP

YouTube link of a man reciting Sonnet 116 in Received Pronunciation followed by original pronunciation.

The weirdest part of all this is that OP sounds like someone who spent 20 years in rural Ireland and followed them up with 20 years in rural West Virginia... something that sounds like hillbilly and yet it's some of the most enduring and erudite English in the world.

[identity profile] easy-living.livejournal.com 2011-03-14 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
It sounded West Country to me as well, Somerset/Dorset and the Bristol area (although not Bath obviously, where they're far posher and closer to RP, LOL)