Speak English With A British Accent

Alison Pitman

184 - 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

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.

Episodios

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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

vie., 03 abr. 2026

vie., 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/

vie., 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

vie., 13 mar. 2026

vie., 06 mar. 2026

vie., 27 feb. 2026

vie., 20 feb. 2026

177-

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)

vie., 13 feb. 2026

vie., 06 feb. 2026

vie., 30 ene. 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

vie., 23 ene. 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!

vie., 16 ene. 2026

vie., 09 ene. 2026

vie., 02 ene. 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

vie., 26 dic. 2025

sáb., 20 dic. 2025

vie., 12 dic. 2025

vie., 05 dic. 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)

vie., 28 nov. 2025

vie., 14 nov. 2025

164-

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

vie., 07 nov. 2025

163-

🎯 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

vie., 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

jue., 23 oct. 2025

vie., 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

vie., 10 oct. 2025

vie., 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

vie., 26 sep. 2025

vie., 19 sep. 2025

vie., 12 sep. 2025

155-

🎯 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

lun., 01 sep. 2025

vie., 22 ago. 2025

153-

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" 🇬🇧

vie., 15 ago. 2025

vie., 08 ago. 2025

151-

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? 🤔

vie., 01 ago. 2025

150-

👗 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

vie., 25 jul. 2025

lun., 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?

vie., 18 jul. 2025

lun., 14 jul. 2025

vie., 11 jul. 2025

lun., 07 jul. 2025

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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)

vie., 04 jul. 2025

lun., 30 jun. 2025

142-

🎧 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)

vie., 27 jun. 2025

lun., 23 jun. 2025

vie., 20 jun. 2025

lun., 16 jun. 2025

vie., 13 jun. 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)"

vie., 06 jun. 2025

vie., 30 mayo 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

vie., 23 mayo 2025

Speak English With A British Accent

Episodios

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!)

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)

How not to sound like an interrogator in small talk - Listening Exercise : News Article 👂 - How to Say "Player" Without Sounding Like an American Footballer

🎧 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)

Speak RP Like A Nursery Rhyme Star ⭐🌟 - SPLash out on your pronunciation today 💦 - 10 Tricky Pronunciations

☕ "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.

Mastering the 'SPR' Cluster in RP English - Roleplay – You've Lost Your Luggage at Heathrow. What Do You Say? - Listening Practice - Fairytale Story Clip

☎️ "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

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)"

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'

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