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I've read that 'prestige accents' (i.e Received Pronunciation and Transatlantic) were acquired by students at elite boarding schools. How exactly did teachers go about instilling a certain accent onto their students? Did they themselves have to put it on?

by /u/Cybron in /r/AskHistorians

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