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Cockney

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Definition
Cockney is one of the most famous types of
London colloquial speech, named after the
middle and lower-class natives of London.
The history:
The term Cockney now refers to a variant of English used
in the East End of London. The origin of the word
"cockney" is still unknown. According to one version, it
comes from the noun "eggs", or rather "cockney eggs".

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Types of cockney
1) classic;
2) modern - lexical units composed and put into use by
modern cockney speakers;
3) mockney - fake cockney - a modified cockney, an
imitation of cockney by a middle or upper middle class
person in England

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Unique
features:
Consonants
Look at the sentence, how
do we read it? Let’s try.
The thorny thing in my thigh. Ve forny fing in my figh.
1) th’-fronting
instead of /θ/ use /f/; /ð/ - /v/
Similarly, voiced
‘th’ in ‘the’, ‘this’,
and ‘Northern’,
would be
pronounced /v/,
so /və/, /vɪs/ and
/nɔ:vən/.

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“T” glottalling is widely spread in Cockney accent.
/t/ is realized as a glottal stop following vowels, laterals,
and nasals,
/t/ between vowels is not aspirated, and is often
replaced by /d/ or /r/ , e.g. get away /'ged ə'weI/, /'gerə
'weI/.
Look at the sentence, how do we read it? Let’s try.
I've forgotten my hat. - I've forgo-en my ha-.

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-ing droppping
‘H’ dropping
So ‘horrible’ is /ɒrɪbəw/, ‘hospital’ is
/ɒspɪʔəw/, ‘who’ is /uː/ and ‘help’ is
/ewp/.
Look at these words, how do we
read it? Let’s try.
Hello - ello
Horse - orse
n rather than ɪŋ.
For example:
Running - Runnin
Feeding - Feedin
Morning - Mornin

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[ l ] is realised as a
vowel when it
precedes a consonant
and follows a vowel,
or when it is syllabic:
milk [mivk], table
[teibv]; when the
preceding vowel is
[ɔ:], [l] may disappear
completely;
[p, t, k] are
heavily
aspirated,
more so
than in RP;
[t] is
affricated, [s]
is heard
before the
vowel: top [tsop].

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Unique
features:
Vowel
Changes
1.[Λ] is realised as [ai]: blood [blΛd] - [blaid]
2. [æ] is realised as [ɛ] : bag [bag] - [bɛg]
3. [I] in word-final position sounds as [i:]: city ['siti] ['siti:];
4. when [ɔ:] is non-final, its realisation is much closer, it
sounds like [o:]: pause [pɔ:z] - [po:z]; when it is final, it
is pronounced as [ɔ:ə] : paw [pɔ:] - [pɔ:ə];

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Unique
features:
Vowel
Changes
5. the diphthong [ei] is realised
as [æi]: lady ['leidi] - I'læidi:]
6.RP [ɜu] sounds as [æu]:
soaked [sɜukt] - [sæukt];
7. RP [au] may be [æə]: now
[nau] - [næə].

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Cockney Rhyming Slang
– Cockney Rhyming Slang is a
form of slang. It involves saying
a word, that means another
completely different thing just
because it rhymes with another
word.
Examples:
Adam and Eve - Believe - Would you
Adam and Eve it?
Alligator -Later - See you later alligator.
Apples and Pears - Stairs - Get up
those apples to bed!
Bacon and Eggs - Legs - She has such
long bacons.
Bees and Honey - Money - Hand over
the bees.

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Cockney Rhyming Slang
– Today, new Cockney phrases
are created mostly using the
names of famous people.
Examples:
Al Capone — telephone;
Conan Doyle — boil;
Britney Spears — beers;
Brad Pitt — fit;
Barack Obama — pyjamas;
Jackie Chan — plan.
Hey, haven’t you seen my working
Jackie Chan?

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Conclusion
:
It's important to note that the features
mentioned above are generalizations,
and individual Cockney speakers may
exhibit variations or unique
characteristics.
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Quiz
Try to match
these words, but
remember that
they have rhyme

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Time to laugh

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