"The Queen's English" refers to the most Conservative version of Reserved Pronunciation, as opposed to the more trendy General and Advanced versions of R. P. Received Pronunciation's prestige is reinforced since it has long been the dialect taught by England's public schools and Cambridge and Oxford University. Until the mid-1960s, BBC television and radio announcers almost exclusively used this dialect in broadcasts; however, gradually the BBC has found regional dialects of English more acceptable. Undoubtedly, the Queen's tutors when she was a girl are responsible for her pronunciation.
anonymous
2011-11-17 15:34:12 UTC
English originated from the proto-teutonic languages brought to the island by the Saxons who conquered in the first millennium CE, and by the Vikings who conquered parts of the island, also before William the Conqueror.
anonymous
2011-11-17 14:34:25 UTC
A Combination of Old Saxon, with Norman French, Latin, Greek, and others
anonymous
2011-11-17 19:09:22 UTC
Her mouth.
ⓘ
This content was originally posted on Y! Answers, a Q&A website that shut down in 2021.