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Oxford English

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious

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Oxford English - the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious

English, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

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