I'm working on Immortal Defender, set in Elizabethan England, and in the process of doing research, I ran into a video with a taste of the language of the time. Pop on over to my blog to hear a bit of As You Like It done with "correct" (Shakespearean) pronunciation:
Sheila - I'm glad to hear RP hasn't replaced all the wonderful regional accents (at least, not yet). I love the Yorkshire and Manchester accents, though I have to listen a while for my ear to become attuned so I can actually understand what's being said. ~ Lisa