Editing Received Pronunciation (section)

====Alternative notations====
Not all reference sources use the same system of transcription. [[Clive Upton]] devised a modified system for the ''[[Shorter Oxford English Dictionary]]'' (1993), changing five symbols from the traditional Gimson system, and this is now used in many other [[Oxford University Press]] dictionaries; the differences are shown in the table below.

{| cellspacing="5" style="margin-left:1.5em;" class="wikitable"
|+ Upton's reform
! style="text-align:left; width:33%;" | Example word
! style="text-align:left; width:33%;" | Traditional symbol
! style="text-align:left;" | Upton's reform symbol
|-
| ''dr'''e'''ss'' || {{IPA|/e/}} || {{IPA|/ɛ/}}
|-
| ''tr'''a'''p'' || {{IPA|/æ/}} || {{IPA|/a/}}
|-
| ''n'''ur'''se'' || {{IPA|/ɜː/}} || {{IPA|/əː/}}
|-
| ''squ'''are''''' || {{IPA|/eə/}} || {{IPA|/ɛː/}}
|-
| ''pr'''i'''ce'' || {{IPA|/aɪ/}} || {{IPA|/ʌɪ/}}
|}

Linguist [[Geoff Lindsey]] has argued that the system of transcription for RP has become outdated and has proposed a new system (which he calls Standard Southern British, or SSB) as a replacement.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lindsey |first=Geoff |url=http://englishspeechservices.com/blog/?p=1795 |title=The British English vowel system |website=speech talk |date=8 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wells |first=John |url=http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lindsey-system.html |title=the Lindsey system |website=John Wells's phonetic blog |date=12 March 2012}}</ref>

Lindsey's system is as follows—differences between it and standard transcription are depicted with the traditional transcription in parentheses.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Lindsey's monophthongs and diphthongs
!Short
!Long (triggering r-liaison)
!+j diphthong
!+w diphthong
|-
|{{IPA|/a/}} (æ)
|{{IPA|/ɑː/}}
|{{IPA|/ɑj/}} (aɪ)
|{{IPA|/aw/}} (aʊ)
|-
|{{IPA|/ɛ/}} (e)
|{{IPA|/ɛː/}} (ɛə)
|{{IPA|/ɛj/}} (eɪ)
|
|-
|{{IPA|/ɪ/}}
|{{IPA|/ɪː/}} (ɪə)
|{{IPA|/ɪj/}} (iː)
|
|-
|{{IPA|/ɔ/}} (ɒ)
|{{IPA|/oː/}} (ɔː)
|{{IPA|/oj/}} (ɔɪ)
|
|-
|{{IPA|/ɵ/}} (ʊ)
|{{IPA|/ɵː/}} (ʊə)
|
|{{IPA|/ʉw/}} (uː)
|-
|{{IPA|/ə/}}
|{{IPA|/əː/}} (ɜː)
|
|{{IPA|/əw/}} (əʊ)
|-
|{{IPA|/ʌ/}}
|
|
|
|}