Speak English With A British Accent
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Speak English With A British Accent

by Alison Pitman

Would you like to speak English with an RP British English accent. This podcast provides pronunciation practice and tips and tricks to improve your spoken English.

100 episodes
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1
Taking the Mick: A Guide to British Banter (Don't Take It Personally!) - Internet Abbreviations: A Secret Weapon for Spelling Letters Clearly - ?? Unlock the Rhythm: Mastering Stress Shifts in Word Families - Stress Shifts Drills & Quiz
18:29 Mar 13, 2026
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Chasing Someone on the Phone -Dog Idioms: Why British English Is Absolutely Full of Dogs - Silent Letters T, P and GH - Let's Work Out the Difference Between Work Out, Work On, and Work Up! ?
17:55 Mar 6, 2026
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Spanish Speakers: Let's Talk About H - Three Phone Calls Every Homeowner Dreads - Past Simple vs Present Perfect: Why Brits Sound Vague on Purpose - Swearing in British English: Punctuation or Punch-Up?
20:53 Feb 27, 2026
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Why Long Words Sound Wrong - Asking for Favours at Home - Politeness Level Up: The Other Modals the British Use (Without Noticing) - The Art of British Understatement: When "Not Bad" Means Absolutely Brilliant
24:31 Feb 20, 2026
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British Work English: Softening Feedback- French speakers:vowel purity vs British diphthongs - Get Creative: 10 Very British Phrasal Verbs for Art & Ideas - Stuck? Good. You've Hit the Accent Plateau (And That's Not a Bad Thing)
17:44 Feb 13, 2026
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Awfully, Terribly, Jolly… British-Style Intensifiers Explained - Chinese speakers — final consonants & clusters - British Ways to Express Doubt -Silent Letters Strike Again: The Case of the Missing L & W
17:29 Feb 6, 2026
7
Minimal pairs by native language: train the sounds your accent needs - Verbs of Conflict & Crisis - Parents' Evening English: Talking About Your Child's Progress - The Versatility of the word FUCK
21:06 Jan 30, 2026
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The silent K & B: English's most pointless letters - Inviting & Declining Plans (The British Way) - Indian speakers & British English: it's not your consonants: it's the vowels - Minimal pairs: why your ear matters more than your mouth
18:01 Jan 23, 2026
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Why British English trips you up at the ends of words - How those tricky endings show up in real British English work speech - Different ways to say hello (context + pronunciation) - Bump into, ran into, come across – when English collisions happen!
17:49 Jan 16, 2026
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Why on earth choose a British accent? - Why change your accent at all (if nothing's wrong with it?) - Can adults really change their accent? - What Progress Actually Looks Like
15:46 Jan 9, 2026
11
Compilation 2: CONtract or conTRACT? - ???? 15 Phrasal Verbs with RUN- - Master estate agent phone calls like a true Brit - Roleplay – You've Lost Your Luggage at Heathrow. What Do You Say?
21:58 Jan 2, 2026
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Compilation: ? Game on: British idioms to level up your accent - Excuse Me! — The Art of Grabbing Attention (Without Grabbing Shoulders) -How Brits really say "Good night" ??- Do This. Read That. Master the Imperative in English
18:53 Dec 26, 2025
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Declarative (Assertive) Sentences - Arrive vs Reach and Look vs See - Post-Meeting Debrief While Walking to the Car Park ????? - The 10 Forms of "Other"
19:52 Dec 20, 2025
14
Interrogative sentences in British English - 5 min Conversation:Asking For A Favour?- ? Everyday English in Under 5 Minutes: Borrow vs Lend + Bring vs Take - Semordnilaps (Words That Become Other Words Backwards)
20:32 Dec 12, 2025
15
Exclamatory sentences! And the RP British Accent - Need a Lift? Here's How to Sound Effortlessly British - ?? The British Accent Challenge: Tricky Clusters (Part 2) - FUNNY WORDS THAT SOUND FAKE
21:17 Dec 5, 2025
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PALINDROMES: WORDS AND SENTENCES - 5 minute conversations: delivery driver - The Four Verbs Every Learner Trips Over (But Not You, After Today) - ?? Everyday English Mini-Lesson: Better Ways to ORDER Things (Politely… and Not So Politely)
19:20 Nov 28, 2025
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How to Talk About Your Weekend (Without Sounding Like a Textbook) - Words (and Phrases) You're Probably Using All Wrong - Mini british accent challenge - consonant clusters - Different ways to say hurry up
25:10 Nov 14, 2025
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How to sound instantly more British (by not saying things properly) - Weak Forms Quiz: Are You Secretly Speaking Like a Robot? ??- ?? 9 British Phrases That Confuse Americans (and Everyone Else) - Sympathy, Empathy, Apathy… and the lost art of
19:45 Nov 7, 2025
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? Upgrade Your Vocabulary: From Basic to Brilliant - ? How to Sound Subtly British at the Supermarket - ? How to Speak Like a Brit at the Supermarket Checkout- ?? Why You Can't Say "A Cotton Lovely Blue Dress" (and Other English Myste
18:51 Oct 31, 2025
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Stop saying "very" — sound more British instead ?? - Do you speak British or American English? ???? - ? Lose vs Miss — Two Tricky Little Verbs - ? Optative Sentences — Wishing and Hoping in English
20:07 Oct 23, 2025
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Upgrade Your English: Sound Brilliantly British - ? Polite British Upgrades: How to Disagree Without Sounding Rude - ? Emotional Expression: Calmly Passionate, the British Way - ? Small Talk & Weather Chat
29:19 Oct 17, 2025
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? Crime doesn't pay — but it can teach you British pronunciation - British entertainment places (and how to pronounce them properly) - ? How to Sound Smart (and Properly British) When Talking About the Environment - What are you up to this wee
12:47 Oct 10, 2025
23
How to say "hello" in British English ? - A 30 Day British Accent Challenge - Learn 15 common phrasal verbs with Formula One ? - Could Your Native Language Help Your British Accent?
16:36 Oct 3, 2025
24
Let's talk MORE tongue twisters ? - Fitness Vocabulary Lesson for British English Learners - Improve your British Prounciation Instantly With this Noun-Verb Trick - To British or Not To British? That is the Accent Question
20:29 Sep 26, 2025
25
Down in the Dumps or on Cloud 9 : Emotion IDIOMS - Fancy doing a QUIZ? - Lets Talk Tongue Twisters ? - Taking Your Time To Get A British Accent
21:01 Sep 19, 2025
26
Maybe its time to start STALKING yourself - Verb it Out: Phrasal Verbs for Emotion - Test Your Emotion Phrasal Verb Knowledge - Learn how to speak with a British accent with these 5 tips.
17:24 Sep 12, 2025
27
? Idioms with "COME" – and how to say them like a Brit - ? East, West, North, South – phrases with direction (and RP tips too!) - ? Feeling poorly? Doctor's phrases in British English (RP tips inside!) - ? Need anything from the chem
13:50 Sep 1, 2025
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? Talking about money — the RP way - ? Game on: British idioms to level up your accent - Brush up on your "know" idioms – and polish your British accent as you go - Can you pronounce Sagittarius the RP way?
23:34 Aug 22, 2025
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Excuse Me! — The Art of Grabbing Attention (Without Grabbing Shoulders) - What do you do? Friendly ways to start a chat ??-How? What? Where? — The British way to ask ?? - Bon voyage! — British ways to say "Have a great trip" ??
16:48 Aug 15, 2025
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? 5-Minute RP Workout #3: The Intonation Tune-Up - Sound Sincerely British — Special Greetings You Need - How Brits really say "Good night" ?? - Sound Bright and Polite — Morning English for a British Start
18:33 Aug 8, 2025
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Polite & Effective Ways to Make Requests in British English - Do This. Read That. Master the Imperative in English. ? - Quiz: Can You Spot the Imperative (and Use It Right)? - Don't Bother Me… or Is It Disturb? Or Interrupt? ?
17:43 Aug 1, 2025
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? What's Your Fashion Dilemma? Let's Talk English for Clothes - ?"Button It!" – 12 Clothing Idioms You'll Actually Hear Brits Say - ?Do You Know Your Pedal Pushers from Your Plimsolls? - Master the art of linking in British English
18:21 Jul 25, 2025
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Speak Like a British Racing Commentator — F1 Vocabulary for Your Accent - CONtract or conTRACT? One Word, Two Personalities. - Nonchalant — The Word That Sounds As Cool As It Means
9:16 Jul 21, 2025
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????15 Phrasal Verbs with RUN (No Jogging Required) - Phrasal Verbs with RUN – Multiple Choice Quiz - ? 5-Minute RP Workout: The Vowel Power Session - ? Not, Knot, Note, Nothing… Are You Saying These Right?
15:34 Jul 18, 2025
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V vs W — Don't Mix Up Your Vests and Wests! - Compare vs Compere — A Sneaky Pair You Didn't Know You Were Saying Wrong - Calligrapher or choreographer? Stress less, sound posher ??
8:08 Jul 14, 2025
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Master estate agent phone calls like a true Brit - Stroll through a house viewing like a true Brit - 10 Classic Estate Agent Phrases—and What They Really Mean - Can You Spot the Estate Agent Language? Take the Quiz!
23:35 Jul 11, 2025
37
Don't mix up your diary with your dairy ?? - The 'OY' Sound – Don't Let It Betray Your Accent - ? Master These 10 Property Terms (Before You Get Lost in Jargon!)
10:47 Jul 7, 2025
38
A 30 Day British Accent Challenge - ? Holiday Expressions Every Brit Uses (And You Should Too) - ? 7 Unusual '-ish' Verbs to Polish Your English - ? Office Small Talk: What to Say by the Kettle (Without Making It Weird)
14:49 Jul 4, 2025
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How not to sound like an interrogator in small talk - Listening Exercise : News Article ? - How to Say "Player" Without Sounding Like an American Footballer
11:29 Jun 30, 2025
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? Roleplay Time! 3 Common Work Calls in Perfect British English - How to Say "I Don't Know" Like a True Brit ?? - 10 British Questions That Aren't Looking for Answers - ? How to Speak Up in a Meeting (Without Sounding Pushy)
18:39 Jun 27, 2025
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Speak RP Like A Nursery Rhyme Star ?? - SPLash out on your pronunciation today ? - 10 Tricky Pronunciations
12:21 Jun 23, 2025
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? "How's your day going?" – Making Small Talk Over the Phone (Without Cringing) - How not to sound like a jerk - The Passive/Aggressive worksheet - Shall we? Why British people love this little word.
19:50 Jun 20, 2025
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Mastering the 'SPR' Cluster in RP English - Roleplay – You've Lost Your Luggage at Heathrow. What Do You Say? - Listening Practice - Fairytale Story Clip
11:00 Jun 16, 2025
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?? "I'll just put you through to..." – Transferring Calls Smoothly - Your 5-Minute RP Accent Workout ???- I used to be confused about this... but now I'm used to it. - Used To Quiz
15:25 Jun 13, 2025
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Do you know how to use these 2 little words? - Such and So Quiz - ? "Hi, this is Alex calling from…" – Mastering the Art of Professional Voicemails - ?? "How to Talk About Shoes in RP English (Without Putting Your Foot in It)"
21:01 Jun 6, 2025
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You know about question tags, don't you? - ? Question Tag Quiz: Can You Tag It? - ? "Sorry, you're breaking up…" – How to Handle Bad Lines (Politely!) - "Give Me a Hand" – Phrasal Verbs with 'Hand'
14:57 May 30, 2025
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Can you tell me what this section is about? - ? The Embedded Questions Quiz - ? "Could we book you in for Tuesday at 10?" – Polite British Phrases for Scheduling Calls - How to say "you idiot" — the British way (with the accent to match
19:32 May 23, 2025
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UK Vs US grammar: I've just had lunch. Or… I just had lunch? ?? vs ?? - British Tenses QUIZ - ? How to Handle Difficult and Confused Calls (Like a True Brit) - How to Be Subtly British When Leaving a Party Early ??
14:39 May 16, 2025
49
Grammar Time – cleft sentences ??? - ? Quiz - Cleft Sentences - ? How to Take and Leave Messages (The Proper British Way) - ? How to Sound Skint (Like a Proper Brit)
17:34 May 9, 2025
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Opposites Attract: 12 Phrasal Verb Pairs You Need to Master ???? - Mastering "Either" & "Neither" – Usage & Pronunciation in British English - ?? Your British Phone Voice Starts Here - Don't Just Say "I'm Hungry" – Say It Like a Br
21:11 May 2, 2025
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