Speak English With A British Accent

Alison Pitman

194 - Sound like a calm, confident leader (without shouting) 🇬🇧 - How to sound British when listing things (it's all in the voice) 🇬🇧- How to sound British when things happen one after another 🇬🇧 -Tech acronyms: say them like a Brit (without

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.

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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.

Episodes

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Sound like a calm, confident leader (without shouting) 🇬🇧 - How to sound British when listing things (it's all in the voice) 🇬🇧- How to sound British when things happen one after another 🇬🇧 -Tech acronyms: say them like a Brit (without

Fri, 12 Jun 2026

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Talking to a Recruitment Agency – What to Say 💼 - The disappearing T and D in British English 👀 - Idioms and Expressions related to Buying - House renovation English (or: how to sound stressed but sophisticated 🏚️➡️🏡)

Fri, 05 Jun 2026

Fri, 29 May 2026

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Where to Stress in Compound Nouns 🏠📚- Where to Put "Only" in a Sentence – A Tiny Word, Big Difference ✨- Booking a Rental Car – What to Say 🚗- 20 Ways to Describe a Journey – Make Your Stories Come Alive 🚗✈️

Fri, 22 May 2026

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20 Common Medical Abbreviations You Should Know 🏥 - Why "pick it up" sounds like pi-ki-tup 🇬🇧 - Taste vs Flavour: What's the Difference? 🍫🍓-The Wonderful, Versatile Word: "Shit" 💩 (And How Brits Really Use It)

Fri, 15 May 2026

Fri, 08 May 2026

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English Collective Nouns: How to Talk About Groups Like a Brit 🐝 -The "Invisible Y": Mastering the Y Glide 👄- Assure, Ensure, Insure… why English needs three words for this 😅 - British Idioms About Death (don't worry… they're quite funny)

Fri, 01 May 2026

Fri, 24 Apr 2026

Fri, 17 Apr 2026

Fri, 10 Apr 2026

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A Trip to the Garden Centre 🌿 (Very British) - Except , Besides, Apart From - what's the difference? - 8 Phrasal Verbs You'll Hear at Easter (Especially If Chocolate Is Involved)- Softened Swearing: How Brits Swear Without Actually Swearing

Fri, 03 Apr 2026

Fri, 27 Mar 2026

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British Slang Intensifiers: Super, Proper, Dead - British Comparative Idioms: As Dead as a Dodo, As Free as a Bird- Booking a Pet Sitter: Real British English You'll Actually Need - How to Pronounce the SQUARE Diphthong /eə/

Fri, 20 Mar 2026

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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

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

Fri, 06 Mar 2026

Fri, 27 Feb 2026

Fri, 20 Feb 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)

Fri, 13 Feb 2026

Fri, 06 Feb 2026

Fri, 30 Jan 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

Fri, 23 Jan 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!

Fri, 16 Jan 2026

Fri, 09 Jan 2026

Fri, 02 Jan 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

Fri, 26 Dec 2025

Sat, 20 Dec 2025

Fri, 12 Dec 2025

Fri, 05 Dec 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)

Fri, 28 Nov 2025

Fri, 14 Nov 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

Fri, 07 Nov 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

Fri, 31 Oct 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

Thu, 23 Oct 2025

Fri, 17 Oct 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

Fri, 10 Oct 2025

Fri, 03 Oct 2025

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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

Fri, 26 Sep 2025

Fri, 19 Sep 2025

Fri, 12 Sep 2025

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🎯 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

Mon, 01 Sep 2025

Fri, 22 Aug 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" 🇬🇧

Fri, 15 Aug 2025

Fri, 08 Aug 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? 🤔

Fri, 01 Aug 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

Fri, 25 Jul 2025

Mon, 21 Jul 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?

Fri, 18 Jul 2025

Mon, 14 Jul 2025

Fri, 11 Jul 2025

Mon, 07 Jul 2025

Speak English With A British Accent

Episodes

Sound like a calm, confident leader (without shouting) 🇬🇧 - How to sound British when listing things (it's all in the voice) 🇬🇧- How to sound British when things happen one after another 🇬🇧 -Tech acronyms: say them like a Brit (without

Talking to a Recruitment Agency – What to Say 💼 - The disappearing T and D in British English 👀 - Idioms and Expressions related to Buying - House renovation English (or: how to sound stressed but sophisticated 🏚️➡️🏡)

10 Fun Ways to Talk About Secrets 🤫- The "Dark L": The Secret to a Grounded British Accent 🇬🇧- Interview English: How to Answer 'Tell Me About Yourself'- Domestic Bliss or Domestic Drudgery? 🧹🧺

Where to Stress in Compound Nouns 🏠📚- Where to Put "Only" in a Sentence – A Tiny Word, Big Difference ✨- Booking a Rental Car – What to Say 🚗- 20 Ways to Describe a Journey – Make Your Stories Come Alive 🚗✈️

20 Common Medical Abbreviations You Should Know 🏥 - Why "pick it up" sounds like pi-ki-tup 🇬🇧 - Taste vs Flavour: What's the Difference? 🍫🍓-The Wonderful, Versatile Word: "Shit" 💩 (And How Brits Really Use It)

Returning a Faulty Item (Very Useful British English) - Why Commands in English Fall ⬇️ (An Intonation Secret)- Ditch "Common"! 10 British Words That Sound Smarter 😎 - The Art of Saying Everything by Saying Nothing

English Collective Nouns: How to Talk About Groups Like a Brit 🐝 -The "Invisible Y": Mastering the Y Glide 👄- Assure, Ensure, Insure… why English needs three words for this 😅 - British Idioms About Death (don't worry… they're quite funny)

Why Some Words Get All the Stress in British English - 10 Polite Ways to Ask for Clarification in English - Everyday Collocations with LIFE 🌟- Who Do You Call…? Fun Ways to Address People in British English 🎩

Why Statements Fall (and Why Your Voice Should Too) - Surviving a British Car Boot Sale 🚗 - The Handy –ward Ending in English - Are You Using U or Non-U English? 🎩

The "Invisible Bridge": Mastering the W Glide- Other Ways To Say It Makes Me Angry- 10 Expressions to Describe Personality 🎭 - Idioms & Expressions Quiz

A Trip to the Garden Centre 🌿 (Very British) - Except , Besides, Apart From - what's the difference? - 8 Phrasal Verbs You'll Hear at Easter (Especially If Chocolate Is Involved)- Softened Swearing: How Brits Swear Without Actually Swearing

Ghastly! 16 Delightfully British Ways to Say 'Absolutely Awful' - The intrusive R - How do you say these Brand names?- A Small Mindset Shift: Replacing 'Sorry' with 'Thank You'

British Slang Intensifiers: Super, Proper, Dead - British Comparative Idioms: As Dead as a Dodo, As Free as a Bird- Booking a Pet Sitter: Real British English You'll Actually Need - How to Pronounce the SQUARE Diphthong /eə/

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

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! 💪

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?

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

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)

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

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

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

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!

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

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?

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

Declarative (Assertive) Sentences - Arrive vs Reach and Look vs See - Post-Meeting Debrief While Walking to the Car Park 🚶‍♀️🚗 - The 10 Forms of "Other"

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)

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

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)

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

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

🎯 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

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

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

🚔 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

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?

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

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

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.

🎯 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

💰 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?

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" 🇬🇧

🎯 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

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? 🤔

👗 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

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

🏃‍♀️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?

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 ✍️

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!

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!)