One popular accent is the British accent which is viewed as being posh this is mainly spoken in England with heavier or lighter accents ranging from where you live in the country. Received pronunciation is the closest to a normal accent that has ever existed in Britain. Although it originally comes from London English it is not regional. You have probably heard this accent a lot of times in Jane Austen movies . It emerged from the 18th and 19th Century and has remained the best.