The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations. St Mary-le-Bow is an historic church in the City of London, off Cheapside. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Linguistically, it refers to the form of English spoken by this group.

According to traditional definition, a "true" Cockney is someone born within earshot of the Bow Bells, i. e. the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church in Cheapside in the City of London (which is not itself in the East End). St Mary-le-Bow is an historic church in the City of London, off Cheapside. Cheapside is a street in Cheap ward of the City of London that links Newgate Street with the junction of Queen Victoria Street Cornhill For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically However, the bells were silent from the outbreak of World War II until 1961. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including ^[1] Also, as the general din in London has increased, the area in which the bells can be heard has contracted. Formerly it included the City, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Shoreditch, Hoxton, Stepney, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Mile End, Wapping, Whitechapel, Shadwell, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Surrey Quays, and The Borough, although according to the legend of Dick Whittington the bells could also be heard from as far away as Highgate. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. Finsbury is a small district in the south of the London Borough of Islington and north of the City of London. Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney, immediately north of the financial district of the City of London. Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff Mile End is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. Wapping (pronounced 'Wopping' is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the Docklands to the east of the City of London. Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Shadwell is an inner-city district situated within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets located on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping to the west Bermondsey (ˈbɜːmənzi or /ˈbɜːməndzi/ is an area in modern London on the southern bank of the river Thames, and presently part of the London Borough Rotherhithe is a district of central south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark. Surrey Quays is a name given to a largely residential area of Rotherhithe in south-east London, occupied until 1970 by the Surrey Commercial Docks. Southwark or The Borough is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1 Richard Whittington (c 1354&ndash1423 was a Medieval Merchant and Politician, and the real-life inspiration for the Pantomime character Dick Highgate is a suburb of North London on the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath. ^[2] The association with Cockney and the East End in the public imagination may be due to many people assuming that Bow Bells are to be found in the district of Bow, rather than the lesser known St Mary-le-Bow church. Bow is an area of East London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

A traditional costume associated with cockneys is that of the Pearly King (or Pearly Queen) worn by London costermongers who sewed thousands of pearl buttons onto their clothing in ellaborate patterns. A Pearly King (feminine form Pearly Queen) is a person dressed in a Traditional Cockney Costume covered in Mother-of-pearl A costermonger was a street seller of fruit and vegetables The term which derived from the words costard (a type of large ribbed apple and Monger

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Cockney area 3 Migration and Evolution 4 Cockney speech 4.1 Typical features 5 Cockney characters in drama, fiction and poetry 6 Famous Cockney people 7 Famous Cockney performances 8 See also 9 References 10 Bibliography 11 External links

Etymology

The term was used to describe those born within earshot of the Bow Bells as early as 1600, when Samuel Rowlands, in his satire The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine, referred to 'a Bowe-bell Cockney'. Samuel Rowlands (c 1573 - 1630 English Author of pamphlets in prose and verse which reflect the follies and humours of the lower middle-class life of his time Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human ^[3] Traveller and writer Fynes Moryson stated in his work An Itinerary that "Londoners, and all within the sound of Bow Bells, are in reproach called Cockneys. Fynes Moryson (or Morison) (1566&ndash February 12, 1630) English traveller and writer was the son of a Lincolnshire gentleman "^[4] John Minsheu (or Minshew) was the first lexicographer to define the word in this sense, in his Ductor in Linguas (1617), where he referred to 'A Cockney or Cockny, applied only to one born within the sound of Bow bell, that is in the City of London'. John Minsheu (or Minshew (1560 - 1627 was an English linguist and Lexicographer. ^[5] However, the etymologies he gave (from 'cock' and 'neigh', or from Latin incoctus, raw) were just guesses, and the OED later authoritatively explained the term as originating from cock and egg (Middle English 'cokeney' < 'coken' + 'ey', lit. Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English cocks' egg), meaning first a misshapen egg (1362), then a person ignorant of country ways (1521), then the senses mentioned above.

Francis Grose's A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) derives the term from the following story:

A citizen of London, being in the country, and hearing a horse neigh, exclaimed, Lord! how that horse laughs! A by-stander telling him that noise was called Neighing, the next morning, when the cock crowed, the citizen to shew he had not forgot what was told him, cried out, Do you hear how the Cock Neighs?^[6]

An alternative derivation of the word can be found in Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary: London was referred to by the Normans as the "Land of Sugar Cake" (Old French: pais de cocaigne), an imaginary land of idleness and luxury. This article is about the writer For his son the Governor of New South Wales, see Francis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor. A slang dictionary is a Reference book containing an Alphabetical list of Slang, Vernacular Vocabulary not generally acceptable Webster's Dictionary is the name given to a common type of English language dictionary in the United States. Cockaigne or Cockayne (kɒˈkeɪn is a mythical Medieval land of plenty, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts A humorous appellation, the word "Cocaigne" referred to all of London and its suburbs, and over time had a number of spellings: Cocagne, Cockayne, and in Middle English, Cocknay and Cockney. Middle English is the name given by Historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of The latter two spellings could be used to refer to both pampered children, and residents of London, and to pamper or spoil a child was 'to cocker' him. (See, for example, John Locke, ". John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704 was an English Philosopher. . . that most children's constitutions are either spoiled or at least harmed, by cockering and tenderness. " from Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693)

Cockney area

The region in which "Cockneys" reside has changed over time, and is no longer the whole of London. As mentioned in the introduction, the traditional definition is that in order to be a Cockney, one must have been born within earshot of the Bow Bells. However, the church of St Mary-le-Bow was destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. This article is about the Great Fire of 1666 For other great fires in London see Early fires of London or Second Great Fire of London. Sir Christopher Wren ( 20 October 1632 &ndash 25 February 1723) was a 17th century English Designer, Astronomer After the bells were destroyed again in 1941 in The Blitz of World War II, and before they were replaced in 1961, there was a period when by this definition no 'Bow-bell' Cockneys could be born. The Blitz was the sustained bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941 in World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The use of such a literal definition produces other problems, since the area around the church is no longer residential and the noise of the area makes it unlikely that many people would be born within earshot of the bells anymore. ^[7]

A study was carried by the city in 2000 to see how far the Bow Bells could be heard, and it was estimated that the bells would have been heard six miles to the east, five miles to the north, three miles to the south, and four miles to the west.

Thus while all East Enders are Cockneys, not all Cockneys are East Enders. The traditional core neighbourhoods of the East End are Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Stepney, Wapping, Limehouse, Poplar, Millwall, Hackney, Shoreditch, Bow, and Mile End. Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Spitalfields is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Wapping (pronounced 'Wopping' is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the Docklands to the east of the City of London. Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. For the football team see Millwall FC. Millwall is an area in London, on the western side of the Isle of Dogs, in Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. Bow is an area of East London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Mile End is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. The area gradually expanded to include East Ham, Stratford, West Ham and Plaistow as more land was built upon. East Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. It is a built-up district located 8 miles (12 Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England, located east of Charing Cross. Plaistow (ˈplɑːstoʊ or plaa-stow - and not as sometimes heard " play-stow " is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London

Migration of Cockneys has also led to migration of the dialect. Ever since the building of the Becontree housing estate, the Barking & Dagenham area has spoken Cockney. Becontree is a place in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London, east north-east of Charing Cross. The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham ( is a London borough in East London and forms part of Outer London. As Chatham Dockyard expanded during the 18th century, large numbers of workers were relocated from the dockland areas of London, bringing with them a "Cockney" accent and vocabulary. Within a short period this famously distinguished Chatham from the neighbouring areas, including the City of Rochester, which had the traditional Kentish accent.

In Essex, towns that mostly grew up from post-war migration out of London (e. g. Basildon, Harlow and West Horndon) often have a strong Cockney influence on local speech. Basildon (ˈbæzɪldən is a New Town located in south Essex, England at. Harlow is a New town and local government district in Essex, England. West Horndon is a village in the south of the Brentwood borough of Essex on the boundary with Thurrock and in the East of England. However, the early dialect researcher Alexander John Ellis believed that Cockney developed due to the influence of Essex dialect on London speech^[8] In recent years, there has been a move away from Cockney in the inner-city areas of London towards Multicultural London English whereas the eastern outskirts of Greater London have more speakers of the traditional Cockney dialect. Alexander John Ellis ( 14 June, 1814 - 28 October, 1890) was an English mathematician and philologist. Jafaican, also called Blockney and Multicultural London English, is a fairly recent Dialect (and/or Sociolect) of English spoken mainly ^[9]

Migration and Evolution

Today, certain elements of Cockney English are declining in usage within the area it is most associated with, displaced by a Jamaican Creole-influenced variety gaining popularity amongst young Londoners (sometimes referred to as "Jafaican" or "Multicultural London English"), particularly, though far from exclusively, those of Afro-Caribbean descent. Jafaican, also called Blockney and Multicultural London English, is a fairly recent Dialect (and/or Sociolect) of English spoken mainly Nevertheless, the glottal stop, double negatives, and the vocalization of the dark L (and other features of traditional Cockney speech), along with some rhyming slang terms are still in common usage. As cockneys have moved out of London, they have often taken their dialect with them. There may actually be more speakers of the Cockney dialect in Dagenham than in Whitechapel, even though the former is not in the traditional Cockney area.

Cockney speech

Cockney speakers have a distinctive accent and dialect, and frequently use Cockney rhyming slang. Rhyming slang is a form of Slang in which a word is replaced either by another word or phrase that rhymes with it or by the first word of such a phrase in which The Survey of English Dialects took a recording from a long-time resident of Hackney. The Survey of English Dialects was undertaken between 1950 and 1961 under the direction of Professor Harold Orton of the English department of the ^[10]

John Camden Hotten, in his Slang Dictionary of 1859 makes reference to "their use of a peculiar slang language" when describing the costermongers of London's East End. A costermonger was a street seller of fruit and vegetables The term which derived from the words costard (a type of large ribbed apple and Monger In terms of other slang, there are also several borrowings from Yiddish, including kosher (originally Hebrew, via Yiddish, meaning legitimate) and shtumm (/ʃtʊm/ originally German, via Yiddish, meaning quiet^[11]), as well as Romany, for example wonga (meaning money, from the Romany "wanga" meaning coal^[12]), and cushty (from the Romany kushtipen, meaning good). Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High A fake Cockney accent, as used by some actors, is sometimes called 'Mockney'. In British English, the term mockney (a Portmanteau of "mock" and " Cockney " has come to be used predominantly in the media

Typical features

• H-dropping^[13]
• Broad /ɑː/ is used when the letter a precedes /f/, /s/, /θ/ and sometimes /nd/ (in words such as bath, path, demand, etc), which originated in London but has now spread across the south-east and into Received Pronunciation. The phonological history of English fricatives and affricates is part of the Phonological history of the English language in terms of changes in the Phonology of Received Pronunciation ( RP) is a form of Pronunciation of the English language (specifically British English) which has long been perceived as However, there are exceptions to this rule; for example, the word maths or masculine. ^[14]
• T-glottalisation: Use of the glottal stop as an allophone of /t/ in various positions,^[15][16] including after a stressed syllable. T-glottalization is a process that occurs for many English speakers that causes the phoneme /t/ to be pronounced as the Glottal stop in certain positions /t/ may also be flapped intervocalically. ^[17]
• Glottal stops also occur, albeit less frequently for /k/ and /p/, and occasionally for mid-word consonants. For example, Richard Whiteing spelt "Hyde Park" as Hy' Par' . Richard Whiteing ( July 27, 1840 - June 29 1928) English author and Journalist, was born in London, the son Like and light can be homophones. "Clapham" can be said as Cla'am. ^[18]
• Loss of dental fricatives:^[19]
  • /θ/ becomes [f] in all environments. [mæfs] "maths"
  • /ð/ becomes [v] in all environments except word-initially when it is [d]. [bɒvə] "bother," [dæɪ] "they. " Sometimes, this occurs mid-word, as "Bethnall Green" can become Bednall Green. ^[20]
• Diphthong alterations:^[21]
  • /eɪ/ → [æɪ]: [bæɪʔ] "bait"
  • /əʊ/ → [æʉ]: [kʰæʉʔ] "coat"
  • /aɪ/ → [ɑɪ]: [bɑɪʔ] "bite"
  • /aʊ/ may be [æə]: [tʰæən] "town"
• Other vowel differences include
  • /æ/ → [ɛ̝] or [ɛi]:^[22] [tʰɛ̝n] "tan"
  • /ʌ/ → [ɐ̟]^[23]
  • /ɔː/ → /oː/ when in non-final position^[24]
  • /iː/ → [əi]:^[25] [bəiʔ] "beet"
  • /uː/ → [əʉ] or [ʉː]:^[26] [bʉːʔ] "boot"
• Vocalisation of dark l, hence [mɪowɔː] for Millwall. In linguistics l-vocalization is a process by which an /l/ sound is replaced by a Vowel or Semivowel sound For the football team see Millwall FC. Millwall is an area in London, on the western side of the Isle of Dogs, in The actual realization of a vocalized /l/ is influenced by surrounding vowels and it may be realized as [u], [o], or [ɤ]. ^[27]
• Cockney has been occasionally described as replacing /r/ with /w/. For example, thwee instead of three, fwasty instead of frosty. Peter Wright, a Survey of English Dialects fieldworker, concluded that this was not a universal feature of Cockneys but that it was more common to hear this in the London area than anywhere else in Britain. The Survey of English Dialects was undertaken between 1950 and 1961 under the direction of Professor Harold Orton of the English department of the ^[28]
• As with many urban dialects, Cockney is non-rhotic. English pronunciation is divided into two main accent groups the rhotic (ˈroʊtɪk and non-rhotic, depending on when the sound typically represented A final -er is often pronounced as [ə]. Words such as car, far, park, etc. can have an open [ɑː]. ^[29]
• An unstressed final -ow is pronounced [ə]. This is common to most traditional, Southern English dialects except for those in the West Country. The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region ^[30]
• Grammatical features:^[13]
  • Use of me instead of my, for example, "At's me book you got 'ere ". Cannot be used when "my" is emphasised (i. e. , "At's my book you got 'ere" (and not "his")).
  • Use of ain't instead of isn't, am not, are not, has not, and have not
• Use of double negatives, for example "I didn't see nothing. A double negative occurs when two forms of Negation are used in the same sentence. "^[31]

Most of the features mentioned above have, in recent years, partly spread into more general south-eastern speech, giving the accent called Estuary English; an Estuary speaker will use some but not all of the Cockney sounds. Estuary English is a name given to the formulation(s of English widely spoken in South East England and the East of England; especially along the

Cockney characters in drama, fiction and poetry

A television advertisement for Heineken beer in the 1980s showed a Sloane woman receiving elocution lessons in Cockney, parodying My Fair Lady. Heineken is a Dutch 5% abv Pale lager, made by Heineken International since 1873 The term Sloane Ranger (plurals Sloanes, Sloanies) refers to the young upper class and upper-middle-class men and women living in South-West London. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner In the advert, she was being taught to say "The wa'er in Majorca don' taste like wot it ough' a", but could only manage a rendition in Received Pronunciation of "The water in Mallorca doesn't taste quite how it should" (until, of course, she drank the beer). Received Pronunciation ( RP) is a form of Pronunciation of the English language (specifically British English) which has long been perceived as

More recently, the Geico automobile insurance company has used a gecko lizard in its television advertising campaign that speaks in a Cockney accent. The character is voiced by Jake Wood. Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July, 1972 in London) is an English actor best known for playing Max Branning on " East Enders "

• Albert and Harold Steptoe in BBCs Steptoe and Son
• Sam Weller from Charles Dickens's serialized novel The Pickwick Papers
• The Artful Dodger from the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist
• The children in the movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• Bert in the movie Mary Poppins
• Colleen the London collie dog on the cartoon Road Rovers
• Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard) from the comedy series Are You Being Served?
• Rudyard Kipling's "The Widow at Windsor". Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane a fictional street The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. The Artful Dodger is a character in the Charles Dickens Novel Oliver Twist. Oliver Twist (1838 is Charles Dickens' second Novel. The book was originally published in Bentley's Miscellany as a serial Bedknobs and Broomsticks is an Academy Award winning 1971 Musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions, which combines Live action Mary Poppins is a series of children's books written by PL Travers and originally illustrated by Mary Shepard. For the Rough Collie and Smooth Collie see their separate articles or for information on both see Scotch Collie. Road Rovers is an American Animated television series written and produced by Tom Ruegger that premiered on Kids' WB on Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton on 20 July 1943) is an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms Are You Being Served? was a long-running British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985 The Widow at Windsor is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, part of the first set of the Barrack-Room Ballads. Also, the character Ortheris, one of the "Soldiers Three": Ortheris, Mulvaney and Learoyd (Mulvaney is Irish and Learoyd is from Yorkshire).
• Jerry Cruncher in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities
• Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (see also My Fair Lady)
• The character Toad from Marvel Comics
• Gavroche Thenardier in English productions of the musical of Les Miserables (as an equivalent of Paris criminal Argot)
• Fevvers in Angela Carter's novel Nights at the Circus
• William Somerset Maugham's novel Liza of Lambeth
• The Lambeth Walk song and associated dance
• Me and My Girl (musical)
• EastEnders soap opera
• Wayne Winston Norris, the chirpy Cockney carpenter in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
• Private Joe Walker, infamous Cockney spiv fron Dad's Army
• Guy Ritchie films, such as Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Eliza Pinchley in Family Guy's spoof of My Fair Lady
• Mrs. A Tale of Two Cities (1859 is the second Historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. Pygmalion (1913 is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Toad (Mortimer Toynbee is a Marvel Comics Supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched Angela Carter ( May 7, 1940 – February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist known for her Feminist, Nights at the Circus is a Novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1984 and that William Somerset Maugham, CH ( January 25 1874 &ndash December 16 1965) was an English Playwright, Liza of Lambeth ( 1897) was W Somerset Maugham 's first Novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth "The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L Me and My Girl is a musical with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Auf Wiedersehen Pet was a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers Wayne, Dennis, Auf Wiedersehen Pet was a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers Wayne, Dennis, Private Joe Walker is a fictional Black market Spiv (or Wholesales Supplier as he politely puts it and Home Guard platoon member portrayed by actor Dad’s Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War. Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire) is an English Screenwriter and Film director. Snatch is a 2000 Film by British writer - director Guy Ritchie. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British Crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Lovett, Tobias Ragg and the Beggar Woman in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd (original Broadway version, in the 2007 film adaptation, virtually everybody speaks with one, excepting, of course, Pirelli, Beadle, and Turpin)
• Basher Tarr in the movie Ocean's Eleven
• Danny Blue in the BBC TV series Hustle
• Wilson in the movie The Limey
• In the children's television series TUGS, Ten Cents speaks with a Cockney accent. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Sweeney Todd is a semi-fictional character who first appeared as one of the Protagonists of a Penny dreadful serial entitled The String of Pearls Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 Remake of the 1960 Rat Pack Caper film of the same name. Hustle is a British television comedy-drama series made by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. The Limey ( 1999) is an American revenge Neo-noir Crime film, directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs TUGS is a British Children's television series, first broadcast in 1989 Ten Cents is a fictional character who appeared in the 1988 television series TUGS, created by the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
• In the video game Fable, many of the townsfolk and characters speak with a Cockney accent. Fable is a role-playing Video game for Xbox, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms
• Most characters in the musical and movie-musical Oliver!
• The characters in the Thames Television show Minder made liberal use of Cockney slang, and the show brought terms such as porkies into common use
• The Hitcher and his accomplices in The Mighty Boosh
• Sid, the caretaker in the hit British comedy series Mind Your Language
• Rose Tyler, played by Billie Piper, in Doctor Who
• Allan-a-Dale, played by Joe Armstrong in Robin Hood
• Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer in T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats
• Most characters in the movie Green Street Hooligans
• Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde the Musical
• Most characters in the movie To Sir, with Love
• Most characters in Harold Pinter's early plays
• Most characters in the plays and fiction of Philip Ridley
• Stan Shunpike in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Yangus in Dragon Quest VIII
• The Orks in the Warhammer 40,000 universe (and in the Dawn of War, RTS game series)
• The Landlady and her Boarders in Lucky Stiff, a musical comedy
• Death of Inhaling Hatmaking Chemicals in Irregular Webcomic!
• Corporal Peter Newkirk (played by Richard Dawson) in Hogan's Heroes
• Sadie in National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
• Roman in Armed and Dangerous
• Pim Scutney and Rog Gobshire of Team Britain in the movie Beerfest
• Almost all characters in Nick Love's films The Football Factory and The Business
• Mordor Orcs in Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings
• Sam, Mary, and other minor characters in John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman
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• Lee-Hom Wang's new song, "Cockney Girl"
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• Rodney Skinner in the movie League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Sergeant Dale Smith ('Smithy') from The Bill
• Mortamer in the Fantasticks
• Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
• Baldrick from the BlackAdder series

Famous Cockney people

• The Cockney Rejects
• Alfie Bass (actor, born in Bethnal Green)
• Steven Berkoff (actor, born in Stepney)
• Marc Bolan (singer, musician, born in Hackney)
• Bernard Bresslaw (actor, born in Stepney)
• Eric Bristow (darts player, born in Hackney)
• Max Bygraves (Singer, songwriter and comedian, born in Rotherhithe)
• Michael Caine (Hollywood Film Star, born in Rotherhithe)
• George Carey (archbishop, born in Bow)
• Charlie Chaplin (Hollywood Film Star, born in Walworth)
• Chas and Dave
• Jack Cohen (founder of Tesco supermarket chain, born in Whitechapel)
• Phil Collen (guitarist, musician, born in Hackney)
• Dave Courtney (bodyguard/actor, born in Bermondsey)
• Roger Delgado, (actor, born in Whitechapel)
• Craig Fairbrass (actor, born in Stepney)
• Bud Flanagan, (actor, comedian, and singer, born in Whitechapel)
• Samantha Fox (model/singer, born in Mile End) Note that she often pronounces her first name as "Samanfer", adding an "r"
• Steve Harris, (founder, bass player Iron Maiden)
• Gary Holton (actor, musician, born in Hackney)
• Kenney Jones (musician, born in Stepney)
• Kray twins, Ronald and Reginald (gangsters, born in Hoxton)
• Ronnie Lane (musician, born in Bow)
• Angela Lansbury (actress, born in Poplar)
• Vera Lynn (singer, born in East Ham)
• Lenny McLean (bare knuckle/unlicensed boxer/actor, born in Hoxton). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a Comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. The Bill is a long-running British Television Police procedural, named after a slang term for the police. The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. Mrs Potts is a fictional character in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast and the subsequent films BATB redirects here If you were looking for Back at the Barnyard which is abbreviated as BATB see here. Sodoff Baldrick is the name of several Fictional characters featured in the television series Blackadder. Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments Cockney Rejects are an Oi! punk band that formed in the East End of London in 1979 Alfred Bass (born Abraham Basalinksy; 8 April 1921 &ndash 15 July 1987 was an English Actor. Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Steven Berkoff (born 3 August 1937 is an English Actor, Writer and director. Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer songwriter and Guitarist The London Borough of Hackney ( is a London borough in North-East London and forms part of Inner London. Bernard Bresslaw ( February 25 1934 – June 11 1993) was an English Actor. Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Eric Bristow MBE ( "The Crafty Cockney ") (born Hackney, London, 25 April 1957)is a British Max Bygraves OBE (born 16 October 1922 in Rotherhithe, London as Walter William Bygraves) is an English Rotherhithe is a district of central south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark. Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr, CBE (born 14 March 1933 better known by his screen name Michael Caine, is an Oscar - and BAFTA Rotherhithe is a district of central south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark. } George Leonard Carey Baron Carey of Clifton PC FKC (born 13 November 1935) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002 Bow is an area of East London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Walworth is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Southwark. Chas & Dave (often billed as Chas 'n' Dave) are English Pop rock musicians who are most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled "rockney" Sir John Edward Cohen ( 6 October 1898 &ndash 24 March 1979) born Jacob Edward Kohen and commonly known as Jack Cohen, Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Philip Kenneth Collen (born December 8, 1957 in Hackney, East London England) is the lead guitarist for English rock band Def "Dodgy" Dave Courtney (born February 17 1959) is a self-proclaimed former British Gangster who has become both an Author Bermondsey (ˈbɜːmənzi or /ˈbɜːməndzi/ is an area in modern London on the southern bank of the river Thames, and presently part of the London Borough Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto ( 1 March, 1918 &ndash 18 June, 1973) was a British Actor Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Craig Fairbrass (born 1964 is an English Actor. He is known for his tall stature and distinctive Cockney accent Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Bud Flanagan ( 14 October 1896 &ndash 20 October 1968) was a popular English Wartime entertainer born Chaim Reuben Weintrop Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. This article is about the English model and singer for the American pornographic actress see Samantha Fox (porn star. Mile End is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. Steve Harris may refer to Steve Harris (musician (born 1956 founding member and bassist of the band Iron Maiden Steve Harris (actor For other uses see Iron maiden. Gary Holton ( 22 September, 1952 – 25 October, 1985) was an English actor and musician from London. Kenneth Thomas "Kenney" Jones (born 16 September 1948, Stepney, East London) is a veteran English rock Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Reginald "Reggie" Kray ( 24 October 1933 &ndash 1 October 2000) and Ronald "Ronnie" Kray ( 24 October Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney, immediately north of the financial district of the City of London. Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane ( 1 April 1946 - 4 June 1997) was an English Singer, Songwriter Bow is an area of East London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Dame Vera Lynn DBE (born 20 March 1917) is a popular British Vocalist whose career flourished during World War II, East Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. It is a built-up district located 8 miles (12 Leonard McLean ( 9 April, 1949 - 28 July, 1998) better known as "The Guv'nor" was a famed East End of London Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney, immediately north of the financial district of the City of London. Also known as "The Guv'nor". Played 'Barry the Baptist' in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British Crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie.
• Mike Reid (actor/comedian, born in Hackney)
• Philip Ridley (artist, writer, film maker, photographer born in Bethnal Green)
• Roy Shaw (bare knuckle/unlicensed boxer, born in Stepney)
• Danny Dyer (actor, born in Canning Town)
• Terence Stamp (actor, born in Stepney)
• Tommy Steele (singer, musician and actor, born in Bermondsey)
• Sir Alan Sugar (Businessman, born in Hackney)
• Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols vocalist and bassist. This article is about the entertainer For other people named Mike Reid see Mike Reid. Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. Philip Ridley is a British Artist working with various media His work is characterised by an intriguing mix of both the menacing and the magical Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw (born 11 March 1936 in Stepney, London) is a former Criminal, and was a Professional boxer Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Danny Dyer (born 24 July 1977 is an English Actor, Television presenter, and soccer player. ---- Canning Town is an area of East London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on Terence Henry Stamp (born July 22, 1939) is an Academy Award -nominated English Actor. Stepney is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Tommy Steele OBE (born 17 December 1936 in London England) is an English entertainer Bermondsey (ˈbɜːmənzi or /ˈbɜːməndzi/ is an area in modern London on the southern bank of the river Thames, and presently part of the London Borough Sir Alan Michael Sugar (born 24 March 1947 is an English Entrepreneur, Businessman, and Television personality. Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. John Simon Ritchie (born May 10, 1957, died February 2, 1979) better known as Sid Vicious, was an English Punk The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 A bass player (bassist is a Musician who plays a Double bass, Bass guitar, keyboard bass or wind
• Barbara Windsor (actress, born in Shoreditch)
• Ray Winstone (actor, born in Hackney)

Famous Cockney performances

• Bill Bailey's classic skit about Cockney and classical composers
• Timothy Bateson as The Worm in the film Labyrinth
• Ronnie Barker as 'Fletch' in the TV comedy series Porridge
• James Beck's lovable Cockney spiv Private Joe Walker from war time comedy Dad's Army
• Kathy Burke as 'Linda LaHughes' in comedy series Gimme Gimme Gimme and the film Nil By Mouth
• Michael Caine in The Italian Job (original), The Ipcress File and the Jack the Ripper film. Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE (born Barbara Ann Deeks on 6 August 1937) is an English actress. Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor The London Borough of Hackney ( is a London borough in North-East London and forms part of Inner London. Mark Bailey where he was initially an academic pupil winning most of the prizes Timothy Bateson (born April 3, 1926, London, England) is a British Actor. Labyrinth is a 1986 Fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed by Brian Froud. Labyrinth is a 1986 Fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed by Brian Froud. Ronald William George Barker, OBE (25 September 1929 &ndash 3 October 2005 was an English actor and Comedian, best known for his roles as Norman Stanley Fletcher Norman Stanley 'Fletch' Fletcher (born February 2, 1932) is the main character in the popular BBC Sitcom Porridge. Porridge was a British situation comedy that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1973 to 1977 running for three series two Christmas specials as well as Stanley James Beck ( 21 February Private Joe Walker is a fictional Black market Spiv (or Wholesales Supplier as he politely puts it and Home Guard platoon member portrayed by actor Dad’s Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War. Gimme Gimme Gimme is a BBC Television Comedy by Tiger Aspect Productions that ran for three series between 1999 and 2001 Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr, CBE (born 14 March 1933 better known by his screen name Michael Caine, is an Oscar - and BAFTA The Italian Job is a British caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter The Ipcress File is a 1965 film adaptation of Len Deighton 's 1962 novel The IPCRESS File. Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified Serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London Examples of Cockney slang can be found in his performance with Mike Myers in Austin Powers in Goldmember, as well as his signature film, Alfie. Austin Powers in Goldmember is the third Film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. Alfie is a 1966 British film starring Michael Caine. It is an adaptation by Bill Naughton of his own Novel and play
• Phil Daniels narrating on the title track of Blur's Parklife album
• Don Cheadle's performance in Ocean's Eleven (2001)
• Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harold Steptoe in Steptoe and Son
• Arthur English as 'Beverley Harmon' and Wendy Richard as 'Shirley Brahms' in comedy series Are You Being Served?
• Gary Holton as 'Wayne Norris' in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
• Bob Hoskins as 'Harold Shand' in The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa
• Eric Idle in the song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (Life of Brian)
• David Jason as Del Boy (or Derick Trotter) in Only Fools and Horses, though he was a South Londoner, he used much Cockney rhyming slang. Philip Daniels (born 25 October 1958 in Islington, London) is an English actor most noted for film roles as Jimmy in Quadrophenia Parklife is the third studio album by the British Alternative rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994 on Food Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning American Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 Remake of the 1960 Rat Pack Caper film of the same name. Harry H Corbett OBE ( 28 February 1925 in Rangoon, Burma – 21 March 1982 in Hastings, Wilfrid Brambell ( 22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish Film and television actor born in Dublin Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane a fictional street Arthur Leslie Norman English ( 9 May 1919 &ndash 16 April 1995) was an English Comedian from the Music hall Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton on 20 July 1943) is an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms Are You Being Served? was a long-running British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985 Gary Holton ( 22 September, 1952 – 25 October, 1985) was an English actor and musician from London. Auf Wiedersehen Pet was a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers Wayne, Dennis, Robert William "Bob" Hoskins Jr (born 26 October 1942 is an English Actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters and The Long Good Friday is a British Gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943 is an English Comedian, Actor, Author, Singer and Composer of comedic songs " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " is a popular song written by Eric Idle that originally featured in the 1979 film Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as The Life of Brian, is a 1979 Comedy film written directed and largely performed by the Sir David John White OBE, known by his Stage name David Jason (born 2 February 1940 is an English Actor, known } Derek Edward Trotter (born July 12, 1948 in Deptford) more commonly known as "Del Boy", is the fictional lead character in the popular Only Fools and Horses is a British Television sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC South London is the southern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes Nearly all of the other characters in Fools and Horses were Londoners as well.
• Juliet Landau as vampire Drusilla in TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Juliet Landau (born March 30, 1965) is an American actress Biography Early life She is the daughter of actors Martin Landau Drusilla, nicknamed "Dru" is a Fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult Television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e Angel is an American Television series, a Spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Tress MacNeille as Colleen the London collie in the cartoon Road Rovers
• Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part
• Kate Nash as a singer songwriter with a Cockney accent despite being from Harrow, London. Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series For the Rough Collie and Smooth Collie see their separate articles or for information on both see Scotch Collie. Road Rovers is an American Animated television series written and produced by Tom Ruegger that premiered on Kids' WB on This is about the English actor For the college basketball coach go to Warren Mitchell (basketball. Alf Garnett is a Fictional character in the British sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part, Till Death Till Death Us Do Part is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975 Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English Singer-songwriter based in London. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Harrow is a town in the London Borough of Harrow, North West London.
• Dick Van Dyke's infamous and much parodied attempt at a Cockney accent in Mary Poppins, which is often mocked as 'how not to do Cockney'
• Simon Nash as Ten Cents in the children's television series TUGS (1989)
• Catherine Tate as Joannie "Nan" Taylor in The Catherine Tate Show
• Jessie Wallace as 'Kat Slater' on the soap opera EastEnders
• Dennis Waterman and George Cole in the 1980s TV series Minder
• Ray Winstone in Scum, Sexy Beast and Henry VIII
• Jack Wild as Jimmie from HR Pufnstuf,The Artful Dodger in Oliver! and Ornshaw in Melody
• Rita Malone in "Flushed Away"
• Christian Bale as Alfred Borden in The Prestige (film)
• Summer Glau as River Tam in the Firefly episode Shindig, when she mocks Badger. Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American Actor, Presenter and Entertainer, with a Mary Poppins is a 1964 American Musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke and produced by Television Fame Nash made his television debut in 1980 at the age of 8 as Sammy in the 1980 sitcom Nobody's Perfect. Ten Cents is a fictional character who appeared in the 1988 television series TUGS, created by the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Children's television series are Television programs designed for and marketed to Children normally broadcast during the Morning and Afternoon TUGS is a British Children's television series, first broadcast in 1989 Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford 12 May 1968) is an English comedienne and Actress. Joannie 'Nan' Taylor is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. The Catherine Tate Show is an award-winning British Television Sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate who stars in all of the show's Jessie Wallace (born Karen Jane Wallace on September 25, 1971 in Enfield, Greater London) is an English Actress. Kathleen "Kat" Moon (née Slater) was a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Dennis Waterman (born February 24 1948 in Clapham, London) is an English Actor and Singer, best known for George Edward Cole OBE (born April 22, 1925 in Tooting, London, England) is an English Actor. Minder was a British Comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone Jr (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award -winning English film and television actor Scum is a Film made in 1979 portraying the brutality of life inside a British Borstal. Sexy Beast is a 2000 British film directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane Henry VIII is a British two-part television serial produced principally by Granada Television for ITV, based on the life of Henry VIII of Jack Wild ( 30 September 1952 &ndash 2 March 2006) was an English Actor who achieved fame for his roles in both stage HR Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. The Artful Dodger is a character in the Charles Dickens Novel Oliver Twist. Oliver! is a British musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. Melody (aka SWALK or Sealed With A Loving Kiss) is a British film released in 1971. Flushed Away is a 2006 computer animated British Film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British The Prestige is a 2006 period film directed by Christopher Nolan, with a screenplay adapted from Christopher Priest 's 1995 Summer Glau (born July 24 1981 is an American Dancer and actress, best known for playing River Tam in the short-lived Science fiction series Firefly is an American Science fiction Television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Noel Fielding as The Hitcher in "The Mighty Boosh"
• The Mutton Brothers

See also

• British English
• Cockney rhyming slang
• Estuary English
• Languages of the United Kingdom
• London slang
• Jafaican
• L-vocalisation
• T-glottalisation

References

Bibliography

• Ellis, Alexander J. Noel Fielding (born 21 May, 1973 in Westminster, London) is an English Artist, Comedian and Actor The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British television situation comedy written by and starring British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the Rhyming slang is a form of Slang in which a word is replaced either by another word or phrase that rhymes with it or by the first word of such a phrase in which Estuary English is a name given to the formulation(s of English widely spoken in South East England and the East of England; especially along the The United Kingdom does not have a constitutionally defined Official language. London slang is a mixture of words and phrases from many sources reflecting the diverse ethnic and cultural makeup of the city's population Jafaican, also called Blockney and Multicultural London English, is a fairly recent Dialect (and/or Sociolect) of English spoken mainly In linguistics l-vocalization is a process by which an /l/ sound is replaced by a Vowel or Semivowel sound T-glottalization is a process that occurs for many English speakers that causes the phoneme /t/ to be pronounced as the Glottal stop in certain positions The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations (1890), English dialects: Their Sounds and Homes
• Hughes, Arthur & Peter Trudgill (1979), written at Baltimore, English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varities of British English, University Park Press
• Matthews, William (1938), written at Detroit, Cockney, Past and Present: a Short History of the Dialect of London, Gale Research Company
• Sivertsen, Eva (1960), written at Oslo, Cockney Phonology, University of Oslo
• Wright, Peter (1981), written at London, Cockney Dialect and Slang, B. T. Batsford Ltd.

External links

• Grose's 1811 dictionary
• Whoohoo Cockney Rhyming Slang translator
• Sounds Familiar? — Listen to examples of London and other regional accents and dialects of the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website

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