Daniel Jones

male, deceased (1967)
linguist, University of Paris, British, international phonetic association, Phonetician, University of Cambridge…receivedpronunciation, Pronunciation of English
Daniel Jones was a London-born British phonetician. A pupil of Paul-Édouard Passy, professor of phonetics at the École des Hautes Études at the Sor...
Clive Upton

Clive Upton

male
oxford university press, short vowel, Concise Oxford Dictionary, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, dictionaries, dialectology…receivedpronunciation
Clive Upton is professor of English language at the University of Leeds, England, specializing in dialectology and sociolinguistics. He has also...
Michelle Ryan

Michelle Ryan

female, 25 years old
NBC, Cashback, Greater London, receivedpronunciation, mansfield park, I Want Candy
Michelle Claire Ryan is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Zoe Slater on the popular BBC1 Soap Opera "EastEnders". She will be...

Alfred C. Gimson

male, deceased (1985)
linguist, hard, or velar, g, Alfred Charles Gimson, English Pronouncing Dictionary, Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, Emanuel School…receivedpronunciation
Alfred Charles Gimson (7 June 1917 - 22 April 1985) was an English phonetician. His surname is pronounced (with a hard, or velar, "g", as in...
John Noakes

John Noakes

male, 75 years old
From Halifax, West Yorkshire, redcap, Yorkshire dialect and accent, Action Man, Yorkshire accent, Rishworth School…receivedpronunciation
John Noakes (born 6 March 1934, in Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, England) is a British actor, presenter and television personality, best known for...
Jacob Rees-Mogg

Jacob Rees-Mogg

male, 40 years old
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford, Conservative Party politician, Annunziata, The Times, Eurosceptic, Trinity College, Oxford…receivedpronunciation
Jacob Rees-Mogg (born May 24, 1969) is Head of Global Emerging Markets at Lloyd George Management in London and the Conservative candidate for the...
Douglas Smith

Douglas Smith

male, deceased (1972)
comedian, British, Broadcaster, Radio actor, BBC, home service…receivedpronunciation
Douglas Smith began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service (now the World Service) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and...
Dick Valentine

Dick Valentine

male
new york state, The White Album, Attica Prison riots, National Lampoon Radio Hour, British English, fictional…receivedpronunciation
Dick Valentine was a fictional radio call-in show host played by actor and comic Richard Belzer on segments of the "National Lampoon Radio Hour",...
Gerald Nolst Trenite

Gerald Nolst Trenite

male
dutch, receivedpronunciation, English, Dutch language, English RP
Dr. Gerald Nolst Trenite (20 July 1870 - 9 October 1946), pronounced in Dutch and perhaps in English RP, was a Dutch observer of English. He...

Richard Davies

male, 83 years old
Doctor Who actor, Merthyr Tydfil, Please Sir!, receivedpronunciation, lwt, actor
Richard Davies (born 25 January, 1926) is a British actor, from Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales whose film and TV work covers many years but is...