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Reddit mentions of Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation
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This list is definitely missing the Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation. It's a dictionary of difficult-to-pronounce words from around the world with simplified pronunciations, and often with alternative dialects and original, non-anglicized pronunciation.
You are being too America-centric in your point, imho.
>Then the population split in two. One formed America and kept the language more or less the same.
Not entirely accurate.
>The other stayed put and then there was this huge cultural shift with the language in which they invented a "high class" accent to differentiate the rich from the poor.
No language was "invented". Differences in Location & Education certainly effected this, but no-one was forced to speak a certain way.
>People who could afford to do so were specifically taught this accent. It became more and more widespread until it was the norm.
And what would that be?
Southern English? Queens English? Northern English? NSW Accent?
The most accurate would be "Received Pronunciation" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation) which may be what you are referring to.
Anyhoo, not sure you are being too accurate here.
The evolution of Language is a wonderful thing, but if you want the most "correct", you want this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pronunciation-Essential-Superseding-Pronouncing-Dictionary/dp/0192807102 - the "Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation".
American Newsreaders speak with this kind of accent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American