(in the UK) a type of accent identified as spreading outwards from London and containing features of both received pronunciation and London speech.
（英国）（从伦敦向外扩展、兼具标准发音和伦敦口音的）河口英语
the upper-class young already talk Estuary English
Example sentencesExamples
I mean, I know she's been living in Walford for a bit now, but even so… do accents just go like that, to be replaced with something that veers between Estuary English and slightly posh?
It's just that when I call my electricity provider I rather hope to hear a London accent, or perhaps even a grating example of Estuary English.
They speak in that forced Estuary English that can't all be down to celebrities like Jamie Oliver.
Even though they went to school in Peckham and spoke fluent Estuary English I thought in my heart they were really Scottish.
I migrated to Australia in 1960, and so have missed the rise of Estuary English and the ascendancy of the glottal stop in the UK, which John Sturrock discusses.
Definition of Estuary English in US English:
Estuary English
nounˈɛstʃəˌwɛri ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ
(in the UK) a type of accent identified as spreading outward from London and containing features of both received pronunciation and London speech.
（英国）（从伦敦向外扩展、兼具标准发音和伦敦口音的）河口英语
the upper-class young already talk Estuary English
Example sentencesExamples
I migrated to Australia in 1960, and so have missed the rise of Estuary English and the ascendancy of the glottal stop in the UK, which John Sturrock discusses.
I mean, I know she's been living in Walford for a bit now, but even so… do accents just go like that, to be replaced with something that veers between Estuary English and slightly posh?
Even though they went to school in Peckham and spoke fluent Estuary English I thought in my heart they were really Scottish.
They speak in that forced Estuary English that can't all be down to celebrities like Jamie Oliver.
It's just that when I call my electricity provider I rather hope to hear a London accent, or perhaps even a grating example of Estuary English.