Adele: A London or Estuary English Sort of Accent

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Adele, Laurie Blue Adkins is an English singer and songwriter. She was born in Tottenham in London to an English mother,. Penny Adkins and a Welsh father, Mark Evans. Evans left when Adele was two, leaving her mother to raise her. She began singing at age four and asserts that she became obsessed with voices. And yeah, my album's coming out in a few weeks. I'm just putting in the effort. So hopefully lots of you will want to hear it. But don't buy it if you don't like it. Don't propose to. Don't buy it If you don't Like It.

582. Posh or not posh? (Part 2) Guess the Posh British Celebrities

Can you identify which UK celebrities are posh and which are not? Let's listen to some British celebrities speaking, check their Wikipedia pages and work out of these people are truly posh or not. You'll hear samples of lots of spoken English in this episode and we'll focus on accent and pronunciation.

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