Notable Speakers
John Wells has identified the following people as RP speakers:
- David Cameron, Prime Minister
- Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
- Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
- David Attenborough, broadcaster and naturalist
- Rupert Everett, actor
- Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
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Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or speakers:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“The problems of society will also be the problems of the predominant language of that society. It is the carrier of its perceptions, its attitudes, and its goals, for through it, the speakers absorb entrenched attitudes. The guilt of English then must be recognized and appreciated before its continued use can be advocated.”
—Njabulo Ndebele (b. 1948)