NEAR-RP
NEAR-RP. A term in PHONETICS and SOCIOLINGUISTICS for an ACCENT of English considered close to but not identical with RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION, even though speakers of such an accent and others hearing them may regard it as the same. See MORNINGSIDE AND KELVINSIDE, NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH.
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