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I'm just curious. I tried to Google it, but I got various results: mostly Kiwi, RP, Scottish and Southern Irish accents

I'm just curious. I tried to Google it, but I got various results: mostly Kiwi, RP, Scottish and Southern Irish accents

I wish to speak modern RP (probably also called SSB), and I'm not sure how I should pronounce words like:

• tube: /tjuːb/ or /tʃuːb/

• dew: /djuː/ or /dʒuː/

• dune: /djuːn/ or /dʒuːn/

• stupid: /stjuːpɪd/ or /stʃuːpɪd/

It seems to me that the versions with /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ are fairly common in the first and second word but less common in the third and fourth word. I'm not complete sure, though.

Is there a rule when to use /tj/ and /dj/ and when to use /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ in modern RP? Or maybe it depends on a word and there is no helpful rule here?

On the one hand I think grammar books are sometimes:

• out-dated (e.g. they often teach about 'usedn't')
• contradictory with each other
• Wrong (e.g. PEU says 'it is not expected to rain today.' is wrong)
• Paid

Which makes me thing just immersing yourself in English content may be a better option, but on the other hand I wonder whether it is enough to learn about:

• Formality (e.g. 'None of the students is ready for the exam.' is more formal)
• Informality (e.g. 'None of the students are ready for the exam.' is more informal)
• Regional differences (e.g. 'The committee were arguing among themselves during the session.' is more British)
• Literariness (e.g. 'My life has always been dark, cold**,** silent' is more literary than 'My life has always been dark, cold and silent')

What do you think? Which approach is better?

/ˈstjuːpɪd/ or /stʃuːpɪd/ or something else?

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1. It's nice to meet you.
2. It was nice to meet you.
3. It's been nice to meet you.
4. Nice to meet you.
5. It's nice meeting you.
6. It was nice meeting you.
7. It's been nice meeting you.
8. Nice meeting you.
9. It's pleased to meet you.
10. It was pleased to meet you.
11. It's been pleased to meet you.
12. Pleased to meet you.
13. It's pleased meeting you.
14. It was pleased meeting you.
15. It's been pleased meeting you.
16. Pleased meeting you.

Sorry for all the versions and thanks in advance

I thought we use aspiration only when /p/, /t/, /k/ appear at the beginning of a word or at the beginning of an accented syllable, but CUBE says there's aspiration after the last "t" in "potato" /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F7d9kf9eqch7h1.png

I find it surprising since the last syllable isn't accented. What are the exact rules of using aspiration in English?

For example by saying things such as thank you, please, may I ..., I'm very grateful, I'm glad I could help, I'm terribly sorry for ..., I must apologise for ..., if you don't mind my asking, certainly, pleased to meet you etc.

I've heard /ɪə/ pronounced as [ɪː] in modern RP. Is it true?

Wiktionary says 'year' is pronounced as /jɪː/ or /jɪjə/ in 'Standard Southern British', but I don't know whether they mean modern RP or something else by that and whether they are correct in the first place.

What I mean by RP:

• https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/rp
• https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/received-pronunciation

I've heard it's pronounced as [ɪː]. Is it true?

Wiktionary says 'year' is pronounced as /jɪː/ or /jɪjə/ in 'Standard Southern British', but I don't know whether they mean modern RP or something else by that and whether they are correct in the first place

I feel I don't really know how I should pronounce English IPA symbols which are used in dictionaries. This is probably because they seem misleading. For example, I was shocked when I first heard that /iː/ in 'fleece' is actually pronounced as [ɪj] or that /uː/ in 'goose' is pronounced with [w].

Sadly, there's nothing in those characters that suggests such pronunciation, so I guess I need an explanation of those symbols designed for learners. I want more than just voice audios. Something like 'this symbol should be pronounced long even though it doesn't have /ː/' or 'when you say this sound, you also need to add [w]'.

For context, my first language is Polish, and I wish to learn RP

I feel I don't really know how I should pronounce English IPA symbols which are used in dictionaries. This is probably because they seem misleading. For example, I was shocked when I first heard that /iː/ in 'fleece' is actually pronounced as [ɪj] or that /uː/ in 'goose' is pronounced with [w].

Sadly, there's nothing in those characters that suggests such pronunciation, so I guess I need an explanation of those symbols designed for learners. I want more than just voice audios. Something like 'this symbol should be pronounced long even though it doesn't have /ː/' or 'when you say this sound, you also need to add [w]'.

For context, my first language is Polish, and I wish to learn RP