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Now in actual times we can say that the cockney accent is a type of british accent. The United Kingdom is probably the most dialect-obsessed nation in the world. With countless accents shaped by thousands of years of history, there are few English-speaking nations with as many varieties of language in such a small space.

  • Raised vowel in words like trap and cat so these sounds like “trep” and “cet.”
  • Non-rhoticity: see explanation above under Received Pronunciation, above.
  • Trap-bath split: see explanation above under Received Pronunciation.
  • London vowel shift: The vowel sounds are shifted around so that Cockney “day” sounds is pronounced IPA dæi (close to American “die”) and Cockney buy verges near IPA bai (close to American “boy”).
  • L-vocalization: The l at the end of words often becomes a vowel sound Hence pal can seem to sound like “pow.” (I’ve seen this rendered in IPA as /w/, /o )
  • Th-Fronting: The th in words like think or this is pronounced with a more forward consonant depending on the word: thing becomes “fing,” this becomes “dis,” and mother becomes “muhvah.”
  • The 'r' is not pronounced it sound like ae.

pork pies=lies

china plate=mate

bubble bath=laugh

butchers hook=look

donkeys ears=years

loaf of bread=head

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It consist in a rhyming slang...

There a websites which give you meanings of what is called cockney rhyming slang. For example "apples and pears" means stairs.

we better tell

pork pies

we better fool them

donkeys ears

or cut his loaf

of bread

What is

Cockney accent ?

However it is a bit more broken and harder to understand than the dialect English accent of someone say from centeral London or Oxford.

A cockney accent is an English (NOT AMERICAN) accent that is spoken by people living in the Cockney area of Great Britain. The origin of these accent comes when it was first spoken by the tradesmen around the bobbies (police) so the bobbies could not understand what they were saying, quite often the cockney speech would be in rhyme.

Cockney actual conversation

Whaaat a

cockney accent !

Hello how

are you?

Oi am foind a little bet

bad with me' ealth

Features:

Cockney is probably the second most famous British accent. It originated in the East End of London, but shares many features with and influences other dialects in that region.

It is typically associated with working class citizens of London, who were called cockneys, and it contains several distinctive traits that are known to many English speakers, as the dialect is rather famous.

Some students of linguistics have become concerned that the cockney dialect may fall out of spoken English, due to the influence of multicultural immigrants in London who have added their own regional slang and speech patterns to the dialect.

Cockney speech can be extremely difficult to understand as it is littered with word replacements thanks to rhyming slang. Like other unique dialects, a thick cockney accent can seem almost like another language. Care should also be taken when attempting to mimic it, as the cockney dialect can be very slippery and native users may be confused or amused by the attempts of a non-native.

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