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BBC English
(BBC Eng|lish)
Pronunciation:
/biːbiːsiˈɪŋlɪʃ/
noun
[
mass noun
]
a form of standard spoken English associated with BBC announcers:
they have chosen not to abandon the speech patterns of their region for the blander cadences of BBC English
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