Talk:Standard English

Greetings All - I've been trying to find the article I read a couple of years ago which made reference to the actual percentage of RP users - I seem to remember either 4% or 6%. Can anyone reference it? Cheers! --Technopat 13:59, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language (by David Crystal) says when speaking about RP: ... It is still the standard accent of the Royal Family, Parliament, the Church of England the High court and other national institutions; but less than 3% of the British people speak it in a pure from now. Page 365. ISBN 0 521 59655 6 paperback.--Bob M 14:44, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanx - It's nice to know that I belong to a select group of RP users - a dying breed perhaps, but select - I'll stick it in as an inline citation. Cheers!--Technopat 15:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You need protection by the EPA.--Bob M 17:24, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't that be the IPA? :) --Technopat 11:07, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Tough question. I was thinking of the Environmental Protection Agency.  But the IPA? India Pale Ale? (That takes me back.) International Phonetic Alphabet?   Institute of Practitioners in Advertising? Which could it be?--Bob M 17:49, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll go for the pint - what's yours?