Received Pronunciation. Received Pronunciation (a term by 19th Century linguist A.J. Ellis) is the probably the closest the United Kingdom has ever had to a âstandard accent.â Although originally related to the upper-classes in London and other areas of Southeast England, it is largely non-regional.
Vanderbilt, Michigan. Vanderbilt is a village in Otsego County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 562 at the 2010 census.
notable works. Amy Vanderbilt, (born July 22, 1908, New York, N.Y., U.S.âdied Dec. 27, 1974, New York City), American journalist and author, an acknowledged authority on manners, mores, and etiquette. 1  Vanderbilt became a part-time reporter for the Staten Island Advance when she was 16.