Cockney
Accent and dialect of English spoken in London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle-class roots. The term Cockney is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End,[1][2][3] or, traditionally, born within earshot of Bow Bells.[4][5][6]
Cockney | |
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Cockney dialect | |
Native to | England |
Region | London (Middlesex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey) |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
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Estuary English is an intermediate accent between Cockney and Received Pronunciation, also widely spoken in and around London, as well as in wider South Eastern England.[7][8][9] In multicultural areas of London, the Cockney dialect is, to an extent, being replaced by Multicultural London English—a new form of speech with significant Cockney influence.