British Accents: Cockney
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- čas přidán 18. 04. 2024
- British Accents Cockney. An accent which is based in London, traditionally a true cockney is someone born within the sound of the Bow bells. These days the London accent varies hugely, but let's take a look at a traditional cockney accent.
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Immagine a little version of me working as a waitress in London.
A 23yo Italian girl, who barely knew how to say "hello" and "goodbye" in English back then.
Now, imagine me dealing with cockney, Irish and Scottish accents every day.
Now count how many bottles I gave to my costumers instead of butter. And how many butters instead of bottles?
Yeah, exactly.
Isn´t nice to know things moved far forward and today the whole thing is about to be... 100% incomprehensible?
Figure out how many wogs and foreigners move around London these days b-e-l-i-e-v-i-n-g they speak English?
lmao 😂😂🤣🤣
You having a bubble???
FFS. lmao 😂😂😂👌💯
But you didn't have many Barney's, did ya? And iwaitresses have customers usually they aren't costume-ers or costumiers if they are pretentious :)
How do they say " I hate you"
"I ate you"?
Davide Benaissa lmaooo I live for this type of comments
Run! Cannibal is coming
Wouldnt it go like: "fock you mate"?
More like oh do Fock ov ol Chap am havin me tea n biscuits
It would be "I 'ate ya'
0:39
- Say "Hello", Paul
- " *Alright* "
He said “hello mate” but he drops the “h”
Everything Ordinary - I thought he said “Alright mate” I heard Cockneys say that as a greeting too
Man, I just smile uncontrollably whenever he utters a phrase.
I vote Mr. Cockney as the next James Bond.
That would be brilliant
Awright mate. M'name's Bond, Paul Bond.
Hi
he gives off the vibe of a student being pulled to the front of the class to demonstrate something with the teacher 😂😂
I've only seen him for 8 minutes but I will die for Paul
The way he says "Love" when addressing her *is gonna be the end of my hopeless romantic heart*
Calm down luv, 'es only a cockney geezer!
Absolutely 💯 ❤️
As an Aussie, I've always felt our accent is midway between Cockney and received pronunciation. Videos like these reinforce my observation.
Look up Estuary English then! It's a variety that's said to be exactly between RP and Cockney! :)
That and Scouser apparently
As an ESL speaker, I felt that every time when someone spoke British English to me but I couldn't understand shit, it was someone from Australia
Thats funny. It is true. All my ife people often think im Australian. Except real Aussies of course. Im from London. And I speak kind of what i think its called Estuary English. I never thought about it but yes i think it is kind of midway between received pronunciation and cockney, while being neither. It makes sense because we, or I may have divided loyalties, we are neither. I am not a cockney but neither am i posh or upper class. But I still have both, a regional accent -not as original as cockney, and I also enunciate more carefully, though not as painstakingly as RP. It is more relaxed and open i think. And it allows for a wider variety of people in it. I always thought it was just me becasue i have mixed background. I never realised there is a lot of us like this make up our own accent type. Not the type i'd have chosen, not as cool as cockney but there we have it. Funny that all that should be like.., Australian.
Agreed! I’m from the States but lived in Sydney for a year and thought the same thing. But the Aussie accent can sometimes sound even a little thicker than Cockney. I love it.
Now I know that I'm not pronouncing words in a wrong way. I'm just using a Cockney accent :D
Same :D
Who did you have to fight to get that username?
jajaja buena ! xD
Pretty much all non-RP accents are criticised for 'wrong' pronunciation. There is a very good argument to say RP is actually wrong, look at the spelling of words compared to their pronunciation - the only people who actually pronounce English the way it's written tend to be well spoken Edinburgers, go figure.
Trust you to use an American expression - "go figure". Ugh.
The sexual tension is incredibly high
AlfBiology interesting
people really exaggerated ,cause if u see in the west country they also joke around... i guess it's because this guy is more attractive people speculate that
AlfBiology to be honestttt
I thought I was the only one who noticed she was thinking of making a move
I wouldn´t say it´s incredibly, but I´m glad anyone said it anyway.
I was about to give up believing Brits are human and the sexuality is their main motor just like the rest of humanity.
You can cut the sexual tension with a knife in this video. The amount of flirting here is incredible, LoL.
This is the dogs
Twisted mind. There's no flirting whatsoever. Smh.
LMAOOO go touch grass
YES ME AND MY FRIEND THOUGHT THIS TOO
I love that cockney accent, it’s so Oliver Twist.
That man is handsome.
Kirokill im not gay but yes, he is so fucking handsome
e's facking 'andsome
He looks like David Tennant omf
Anna had the hots for him
Not with that haircut.
Cockney sounds more authentic and more British somehow.
Nooo...it's more the stereotypical English accent.
Na, it's 1 of them, the other is RP, like you'd find in Surrey/Hampshire.
It's common and awful sounding, like the New York/Jersey accent; grating to the nerves.
It's not where near as bad as the New York and NEW Jersey accent. There are worse accents in England, there's a worse accent just outside London which is the Essex accent.
What i hate about Guy Richie gangster films is the over the top Essex pseudo Cockney accents. It seems like everyone is trying to outdo Ray Winston if you get my drift .I am a cockney myself and find it really jarring
whats cockney for "get a room you two"? :-)
Oi! Get uh room yoo too
Oi ma’e, ow bow a row awou in yeh knickers luf?
The psychotic smile given when saying "We got into a fight."
My favourite part of the video, tbh
That's how you know he's genuinely cockney.
Yeah, I caught that too. A man that fancies a bit of the old ultraviolence.
@@MrBlaktoe Nowt wrong wi obliging someone on the old cobbles!
@@MrBlaktoe Nowt wrong wi obliging someone on the old cobbles!
Australian accent is emerging from the Cockney accent.
We are told this a lot, and is true for some broad Australian accents, but after watching this video I'm convinced the general Australian accent is closer to RP than cockney.
Red Panda it is true
You're quite right. The Aussie accent has come about from the Cockney accent. Even today there are many Aussie's (and I can just about say I'm one of them) that use general slang which is very similar to the Cockney accent.
yeah all the convicts that first inhabited Australia were cockney, so the australia has just developed from that
The cultivated (posh) South African accent is still a bit closer to RP than the general Australian accent - I'm mainly referring to vowel sounds here.
that dude is daddy af not gonna lie
dafuq
Maya Foley yesssss 😏
dafuq does that mean?
For me, his expressions looked a bit arrogant. Many times he makes facial expressions of contempt (mouth). Also, look the way he moves his head up while saying goodbye to her, short after the 7:37. Among other movements, like position of his head and hands in his pockets the entire interview.
@@Fernandonnne Well, those were pretty much signs of being uncomfortable rather that arrogance, but he may be arrogant either
First thing...the tension is palpable 😂 Second, this is far too much beauty and handsome for CZcams. If you do another "cockney" video, the person better look like Onslow. Thirdly, I am loving binging this series.
I grew up in East London and this has shown me that I have not manage to lose as much as my accent as I had thought. Very interesting.
You don't need to lose it be proud
Same here grew up in forest gate and now like in NYC. Sometimes the odd word comes out. Trying to order water is a challenge
Paul is cool.
Hot, you mean! 😛
Indeed, he is! 😆
About 10 years ago, I was standing in line at the Walmart outside the gate of the Air Force Academy in my flight suit. A woman and her son were behind me in line and I could hear their adorable British cockney accents. The boy looked at me and said, "You're in da Air Force!" I smile and talked to them for a minute. As I was leaving, I peeled my US Flag from my shoulder and handed it to him, as a souvenir....totally made his day! (I hope he, still, has it!)
He burned it
Cool
Ew an officer lol
@@S1LVERF15 LOL...not a pilot, aircrew member, Master Sergeant (MSgt).
@@jonathanjones770 edgy bro
Her smiles throughout this video are the most genuine ones ever
"So I take more time... enjoy that movement... whereas Paul just rushes it through" Paul: "It's better that way" AAAAAAAAH I'M MELTING
Now I understand why everyone thought I was British. I just talked fast/shorting my words.
Asch Drown are you Australian, aren’t ya?
you should do a podcast with a bunch of people with different accents and what its like to grow up in those areas, it would give them a lot of time to speak, helps learn especially when you can hear a few people talk together but are from different areas, really shows the differences
Love all the English accents in England. It's strange how one little island has so many different accents across the world. Take where I'm from in the Southern United States for example. We sound completely different from someone up in Maine, but it's still all English. I love it.
Also, one thing I noticed from watching other videos on Cockney, they typically don't say "my". Instead, they use the term "me." So, "my mother" would be "me muver."
Of course, I'm not a native of England so I could be wrong about that.
You are correct :)
Yer dead right geezer!
Me muvver, me muvver, me great big muvver in law. OI!!!
Lots of culture
The American accents were developed when travelling around was a lot eaiser. British accents have a much older origin where people 20 miles away would barely come into contact. Because it wasn't as easy to meet people different to themselves accents diverged a lot. It's like when animals get trapped on a remote island and evolve differently, of course that takes a lot longer to happen than for an accent to change.
I like the smile that dawned upon his face when he first said the word "Fight."
it's one of the hardest accents to understand :)
and it sounds so British :))
Mohammad Ebrahiminejad how bout glaswegian?
Hiba Khan try scouse
The Guardian of Truth west county accent is pretty understandable to me. Scouse is way harder to understand compared to other accents in England.
Not difficult to understand lol
Rocky Minghui Feng love Scouse
I came here to hear my grandparents accent and ended up falling I love. Aren't they adorable x
Never does a cockney say "thanks" it's Taa or cheers 😂😂
Cheers, ta, fanks or nice one actually
Can cockneys actually pronounce the th sound properly if they want to? Serious question.
@@ajs41 yes , if they do it on purpose , but if they talking naturally no
@@ajs41 Yes, I can and do especially when I used to teach English as a foreign language.
*OH NO, HE'S HOT!!*
Lol
I’m getting sick of these comments from you creepy bitches
Keep it to yourself
@@speshalkmf9273 Prudes have no place on YT, disappear Speshal K!
@@speshalkmf9273 maybe a bit rude but I feel exactly the same
@@speshalkmf9273 agreed mate, theses prevents need to be married off or find some religion so shut up about him.
This was very helpful - I especially liked the number of examples you gave and that you repeated them. Very well produced and makes me interested in other things you do!
Awesome!
+Learn English with Papa Teach Me thank you :)
Look at you! Aw! I loved your Cockney video!
He did a pretty good job!
I love the Cockney accent!
Maddie B me too mate !!! I'm in love with cockney
The man is handsome
5:20 lmaooo the tension
His accent is so gentle 😁
6:43 "pass me the baeh!"
they'd make an amazing couple.
I love the personality these two have! Definitely watching more vids :)
Anna, I really love your regional accent videos. Please do more!!!
+Joe Smith I will do
English Like A Native have you got Skype lessons I need it
Seriously loving this entire series. I also have a sudden urge to watch My Fair Lady, too.
You both sound fantastic. Thank you for the lesson.
I like his grin when they say "fight."
The origins of the new Yorker accent
Yes, I have a heavy Brooklyn New York accent. New Yorkers got the R dropping from the cockneys in the 1800s.
that is untrue since the dropping of was before the english settled in the usa cause of many citations of 1700s and 1600s you can see that they don't right r in some words and also the way that new yorker or southerners pronunciation of glottal stop instead of r is different from british accent pronunciation of glottal stop
Hamlet Pig it actually isn’t, its the origin of the Australian accent
Australian**
Interesting
Love it, Anna! I'd love to hear more on the Lancashire accent (your own?). I've been living here for a while now and noticed there are subtle variations even amongst very close communities. Oh, and keep up the good work, your videos are such a valuable resource! I love using them to help my private students practise between lessons :) x
Thank you, by the way. It was this video and videos like this that really helped me nail the Cockney accent for my university's touring children's show production of Peter Pan. Director wanted the pirates to do Cockney, gave us some time to prepare it before rehearsals if we wanted, if not she (being the school's dialect coach) was alright with working with those that didn't. I was the only one that came in with one, and it was so thick and true to life she was the only one that understood me. Made me tone it down (several times) so that the kids could understand it. I can see her point, little American kids are not going to be able to understand a thick Cockney.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago, and I had a native English woman, I couldn't tell if she was a parent or a teacher, run up to me after the performance and ask if it was a real English accent, and was shocked I wasn't a native! She couldn't tell the difference!
That’s so good to hear. :)
Damn, this video was amazing. I loved every second of it! In fact, my favorite part of it was how you two seemed to get along oh so well.
"This bu'ah is be'ah!" Really cool accent!
One of the reasons I **loved** the "Minder" TV series was because of the "Sowf London" accents!
lovely video, I've always enjoyed different British accents, especially cockney :)
that smile when he says fight 5:41
I like how Ann laughs in a case of most unusual sound of accent) It is a reaction of a person who really interested in her job and very like it as well.
Thank you very much. I really needed that video. I love it! I have been trying to understand Cockney accent since ever (especially the one used by Jason Statham; I love it!). It is a truly wonderful and very helpful video. Thanks again! Regards and respect from Egypt!
Glad you found it useful.
it sounds similar to australian
Because most of the white people in Australia are Cockney.
Hmm... to me the long, wide vowel sounds are the main characteristic of Australian accents, Cockney doesn't have that at all, it's much shorter and quicker.
No
I'm a Cockney and when I was in America quite a few times we got mistaken for Australian especially after a drink 🤣
@@155chipmunkz No, our descendants are from all over the UK & Ireland. We only sound Cockney to Americans.
Hello :) It was a lovely surprise discovering your channel as I have been living in England for 4 years and keep learning new things everyday! I will also use you as a muse as I've recently launched my channel about learning Italian, well done! :D
LOVING the Cockney accent. Also Paul.
Paul looks like shaggy from Scooby doo if he combed his hair, shaved his beard and changed his shirt
I’m so tired but find these videos so addictive
My fiance is from East London with a mixed accent between RP and Cockney. I myself am Boston American. The Boston accent is similar to Cockney. Some drop the T in the middle of words and most everyone drops the R at the end of words.
So I've found it somewhat easy to pick it up. Especially the dropping of R and T. Also replacing the TH with W or V has been easy for me.
That’s pretty spot on. I find with the Cockney accent, the point of resonance is in the throat. It’s at least 80% or the accent. When you talk in the back of your throat, many of the sounds you mention come out. Cheers. Love your videos
Oh my gosh this is wonderful! I'm a roleplayer nerd and I found this because of my research and I've subscribed!
This is great! Thanks alot
+Jacob Phillips :)
As an American he is not hard to understand. It is similar to the southern accent you hear it enough you understand it.
Shannan Lee That's what I started to wonder. Some of this sounded familiar. It could be from watching too much BBC America but I swear some of this seemed like normal American pronunciations at least for some parts.
NorybDrol82 Shannan Lee actually they're not really like American pronunciations, at least not to me. I understand him perfectly, though. We don't drop our h's, and his vowels are for the most part closer to Australian than anything else. At least that's how he sounds to my American ears 🤷🏽♀️
I did not say it sounded the same. I meant that it is easy to understand if you hear it enough. Also in the south the drop letters maybe not the same places but they do in the deep south
I totally agree. I'm from Northeast Ohio and this sounded like some of the shortened/slang that we use.
I am from the South, I can't understand Cockney at all ! and I would say Cockney English is almost polar opposite of the southern US accents. At least from what I have heard.
Your guest is so cute :D Good idea for a video series :) Cant wai to watch the rest
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Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance.
I love your way of teaching and excellent explication.
I really appreciate your job.
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I think that girl is insanely attractive!
Holy crap I think I'm genuinely in love xD
so am I
Tantei7 -
"I think that girl is insanely attractive!"
You are NOT wrong !
But part of that attractiveness derives from the way she speaks - very Middle Class English, which is pretty sexy in itself.
Sadly, too many otherwise beautiful girls and women in England kill it the moment they open their mouths.
Innit ?
The way she speaks Together with her general demeanour are a pretty lethal sexual combination
I think that guy is insanely attractive!!!!!
Handsome man. Not necessarily look but way he carries himself
It 'appened the other night.
We absolutely know that, thanks for confirming.
My uncle Lou was born within the sound of the bells of Mary-le-Bows' church.
According to him the sound of the bells doesn't carry as far as it did before the Blitz because the new bells are less loud and the background noise swamps the sound.
Great video Anna. I'm trying to learn a cockney accent for a theatre production.
+Robbie Wales wonderful- good luck
Wonderful! Thank you both!
You're welcome :)
Very interesting. Thank you. This was very helpful for a character I am playing!
You forgot to address the "l" at the end of the word :)
As in still, pill, Phil, mill etc. In cockney that "l" would sound more like a "w" in water.
Why are people acting like he is talking differently he sounds normal to me
OMG! I love that accent! I learned my English in Ireland and I used to love the accent, this one seems a little to the Irish, but stronger and more galic!
Awesome and funny video, thank you for posting it!
Also, dropping the G at the end of words: I'm having a good time. i'm avin a good time. Usually rolled into 1 sound. I'mavina good time.
You should explain where exactly you find the Cockney accent (i.e. what parts of London).
Also, the water in Mallorca don't taste like it ought to!
Nowadays it's all over London where you find English Brits and also in Essex and Kent where many Londoners fled to as London started to become a bit too multiculti
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Loved your laugh in 7:02 💯💯 jajaja awesome video thank yah!
Good fun - I wanted to hear Paul saying "helping hand" at the end!
Это мне напоминает анекдот:
-- Любишь Кафку?
-- Нет. В детстве любил.
This video actually helped me understand the Nigerian accent. Since Nigeria was colonized by the Brits, Nigerian acquired the dropping of the "H" in their words. I love linguistics.
Nigeria was colonised by Cockneys? Gor blimey, are you avin a bubble?
Anna, I've just signed up to your channel, and I can only say that many of my mates at University wouldn't have failed the oral exam of English Sociolinguistics had they watched your videos... Thank you very much... I hope I could be part of your "project" some day.
+ariel consuegra wow high praise indeed. I'm honoured. Thank you for your kind words and your support.
well, this channel probably saved my ass - Tomorrow I have an exam where I need to recognize varieties of English and this helped a lot. Thank you for your work :)
So glad to hear that. :)
marvelous. cute couple....
I don’t know why but when she translated “pipe down you lot” into “be quiet everybody” her delivery made almost cry from laughing
It is very funny. With that very straight faced delivery. Those two are adorable. I can see them married to old age and still each fighting their corner holding their own.
*tries to concentrate and not get distracted with British beauty*
Thank you. Learning through your videos. I was born in Hong Kong and did not get the Hong Kong English accent. So I am trying to learn all the different British accent now
Reminds me of Sidney from mind your language 😂
6:23 i tried but I almost swallowed my tongue
He's adorably cheeky
Love all of your videos, especially the accent comparisons ones. Keep it up, and cheers.
What a privilege to behold, hear, and learn from you, Ms. Anna. Your knowledge, intelligence, bearing, good nature, and grace are a true treat to the eyes & mind.
I’m American and when I think of a British accent this is what I think of ❤️
Going on a study abroad to America soon and wondering how’ll they’ll take it aha, I get pulled aside for my cockney accent all the time and I’m studying up north in England and my voice already sticks out like a saw thumb, so America will be a big change lol
William Wilberforce oh we Americans love a British accent ❤️ you’ll probably get tired of people asking you to say stuff lol
Rochell Barbara aha already used to it up north !
Love you because you teach us about your country that is wonderful thing you made us feel as if we were in UK sorry for my english but i'm working on improving it
thanks!I enjoyed listening to the cockney accent but I like the standard one best! 😊
Excellent video! It would be great if you could do one about Glaswegian. :)
Yes it is on the list. :)
Awesome! Keep up the great work :) I'm very interested in languages and their different accents/dialects. :D
I remember my dad found a guy to help repair a leak in my roof. He was from England (I’m in the US) and he had a cockney accent so thick you could cut it with a knife. I couldn’t understand half him the time. 🤣
The really funny thing is that our English teachers in Croatia really used to emphasise the proper pronunciation of "th" sound. And then you come to London and a lot of natives - Cockneys especially, of course - pronounce it simply as an "f" ... or a "v" or a "d" as you emphasised.
Her laugh is so cute 😋💕