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...RP: I heard about it in the news...
...RP: I think it’s going to become a lot more centralized and you’re going to see a lot more censoring?...
...RP: I think it’s going to suck. It’s just going to be horrible for the media industry...
...talk as if my family live in a stately home and don't have to work. My ancestors were mainly teachers, vicars, profs and bishops - careers which might require a top-of-the-range voice. That may explain why I speak a distinctly upmarket version of received pronunciation (RP) - shorthand for the standard English of bbc newsreaders. Which is fine if you want to marry a landowner or work in a top art auction house, but not so much fun if you just want to fade into the background. People make assumptions: men think I'll boss them, employers think...
...RP: Well, my kid’s got just as big a shot at going here as anybody else’s. The admissions officer at Cornell thought he was a promising applicant...