[s1e5] Received Pronunciation -

Jax leaned into the mic, the metal mesh nearly touching his lips. "Nah, bruv. It sounds like a closing door. It sounds like a mortgage application getting denied."

Arthur looked at the word P-R-O-N-U-N-C-I-A-T-I-O-N typed in 12-point Arial on his sheet. He thought of his father, a coal miner who had paid for elocution lessons so his son wouldn't have to "smell of the earth." [S1E5] Received Pronunciation

He leaned back, clicking his microphone off for the musical break. He didn't correct Jax’s posture. He didn't mention the gum. Instead, he asked, "How do you say 'home' where you’re from?" Jax leaned into the mic, the metal mesh

"I was taught," Arthur said, drifting from the script, "that to speak this way was to be clear. To be universal." It sounds like a mortgage application getting denied

The air in the BBC’s Studio 4B was thick with the scent of ozone and floor wax. Arthur Penhaligon adjusted his headphones, the leather cracked and smelling of decades of broadcast history. Across the glass, the producer gave a sharp, downward slice of his hand.

"This is Etymology Hour ," Arthur began, his voice a smooth, mahogany baritone. "Season One, Episode Five: Received Pronunciation. Or, as the locals call it, 'The Queen’s English.'"