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But there are many educated people in Britain who do not speak RP, though their English is good and correct. They speak Standard English with a regional type of pronunciation.

D. Abercrombie divides English people by the way they talk into three groups:

1. RP speakers of Standard English (those who speak Standard English without any local accent);
2. non—RP speakers of Standard English   (those who speak Standard English with a regional accent) ;

(3) dialect speakers.

Scholars often note that it is wrong to assume that only one type of pronunciation can be correct. If a particular pronunciation is well—established and current among educated speakers, it should not be treated as incorrect. This primarily concerns the Northern and the Scottish types of pronunciation which are used by many educated people in Britain.