I would like to acquire a Heightened Received Pronunciation.

I recommend taking a trip to London and just hang around the streets and go into pubs and such. Also, take notes from this video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX_h3vczc7Q

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go to a professional dialect coach
they usually work with actors

if you can't, or don't have the money, there are lots of guides online for it but a large amount of them are targeted toward american speakers of english/people with american accents

learn IPA pronunciations to help with all this

you probably arent going to hear as much of the posh accent just walking around london as suggested by >>18100754

>>18100744
>upper class British accent
>not even upper class British
>not even British
What for? You're just going to sound incredibly pretentious

>>18101081
This. Learned the based transatlantic accent instead.

Don't do it, you're going to sound like a fucking idiot.

>>18100744
why not just learn manchester working class accent and hang with the lads? fuck them posh bastards yeah

>>18101126
>hanging with plebs

>>18101126
>>18101314

Even better

Learn Scottish Glaswegian like me

>>18100744
Learn the vocal patterns by listening
Produce the sounds using the tip of your tongue (takes practice)

Oh and record yourself, you never sound how you think you sound ;V

OP here. I'm reading all your comments, guys. Thanks!

I asked about this in another thread, but I've got no answer. Is it correct for a posh person to pronounce "even" as "eivn", "over" as "euve" and "don't" as "deun't"? I have heard it somewhere, but I am not really sure if it's ok.

>>18102229
>Oh and record yourself, you never sound how you think you sound ;V
Absolutely. I tried this long ago and it helped me to correct some huge mistakes.

Who are you trying to impress? This is a serious question, trying to pass yourself off as a well spoken toff to a genuine toff is unlikely to go well.

But to appear that way to Americans probably just means watching a bunch of Ealing comedies and acting the part rather than getting the accent spot on

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>>18102430
>Who are you trying to impress?
Good question. I never really thought about it. Perhaps I am just a pretentious guy (I write using a fountain pen, after all). But this time it is simple: I like this accent more than any other.

>>18100744
Stiff upper lip English, Sir

test

>>18102703
Is this a cliché or something?

>>18100744
Unless your royalty people will just take the piss out of you for having a upper-class accent

>>18104770
Phrase during the wars. Means keep under control, dont panic etc. Basically another keep calm and carry on