British Accents: Cockney

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my name is Anna and today we are going

on a journey of discovery the UK is made

out of a vast array of accents which

differ vastly from region to region

sometimes it's even difficult for us

natives to understand each other so if

you're not a Native you might find it

impossible so this series is all about

introducing you to different accents

from different regions around the UK so

who are we going to meet today this is

Paul. Paul is a cockney usually found in

the East End of London say hello Paul Alright! everybody loves the cockney accent

what everybody loves the cockney accent

and you may have heard of cockney

rhyming slang some of the common phrases

follows your having a bubble

are you joking

Sweet mate, that's wonderful pipe down you lot

be quiet everybody

quiet everybody

wonderful ok so let's look at some of

the key features of the cockney accent

accent is the th sound so where in

standard British English you would do a th

with the tongue between the teeth the

cockneys don't they will sometimes

replace it with an F, a v or even a d

replace it with an F of E or even indeed

shall we

the word with, with, come with me

interesting but either way we don't do

the th in the same way so come with me or

go with him would you go go with him no

go with him come with me, go

with him

come with me interesting ok let's have a

look another word

father my mother and my father

nice something you should say

regularly if you're polite is thanks, I'd like to thank

you for watching

I'd like to thank you for watching I'd

like to thank you for watching, I'd like to

thank you for watching. weather,

weather, we're having lovely

weather here today we're having a lovely

weather today. another common feature is

the dropping of the H sound so where we

would do a nice aspirate for the letter H

in cockney they would generally drop that

for example house house house house I

bought a new house

help help help help

could you help me could you help me no I

don't think anyone can. hero hero hero

hero he's my hero

he's my hero and something you would say

quite often

hello hello hello

another key feature is the diphthong ... our so in standard English we take the

two vowel sounds we run them together smoothly

but the cockneys do more of an .... sound it's sharper less of a diphthong

generally quicker generally

quicker

ok so less of that slide from one vowel to

the other so let's look at some examples how, how are you?

now now, I need to go now i need

to go now allow, allow. I cannot

allow you to pass

I cannot allow you pass another diphthong

that is different in the cockney accent

is the ... diphthong ..... in standard English

we start this diphthong more open

but in cockney there's less space

should I let the genuine cockney give

that to go so if I say I you would say

I, and you'll notice again it's

quicker so i take more time enjoy that

movement whereas Paul just rushes it

through..It's better that way

let's look at this sound in some words

so like like like like I like you I like

you

thank you. That's not a problem love. Think I've

pulled my my my my, that's my mother that's

my mother night night night night it

happened the other night it happened the

other night fight fight we got into a fight we got into a

fight

finally cockneys generally glottalise

their t's so they dropped them when

they appear in the middle of words and

at the end of words as well so for

example I might say water but Paul

would say or water

and if i was to say pass me that water you

Paul would say pass me that water

there was no final t and no middle t in water so pass me

that water pass me that water. Lovely. other examples might be the word

better

Better, I'm feeling better

I'm feeling better. You're feeling better? a little

bit. Good. butter butter pass me the butter

pass me the butter. twitter twitter twitter

have you checked your twitter

account? Have you check your Twitter account?

are you following me on Twitter? are you

following her on twitter? great

okay so there we have it you've got some

standard phrases that you might hear

from a cockney as well as five common

features of the accent so that covers

the cockney accent now we have been very

general here we've covered the general

stereotypical cockney accent features

but London is made up of so many

different influences many different

accents and so this is not indicative of

everybody who lives in London it just

gives you a little bit of a helping hand

do make sure that you stay with us for

many more accent discovery videos let's

say a big thank you to Paul thank you

very much thank you very much darling

thank you very much love, and before you

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thank you very much and goodbye