Learn the English Cockney Accent with Alfie Solomons!

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  • čas přidán 28. 03. 2024
  • If you are learning English, you need to know how to understand different accents! Not everybody speaks the same! Learn how to understand a particularly difficult accent from the UK: London Cockney.
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    Music: Danse of Questionable Tuning by Kevin MacLeod
    ------ IN THIS VIDEO ------------------------------------------
    0:00 Intro
    1:19 Consonants
    4:25 -ING
    5:05 Light L + Dark L
    7:20 Vowels
    11:13 Changing Words
    12:38 Outro
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Komentáře • 868

  • @luminous4079
    @luminous4079 Před rokem +660

    Alfie's accent is the final boss in English

    • @marcogiardi3737
      @marcogiardi3737 Před rokem +4

      I would say Ray Winstone

    • @demibasan1714
      @demibasan1714 Před rokem +3

      *Paddy im from shcoushe pimblett has entered the chat*

    • @stusyanirvana3088
      @stusyanirvana3088 Před rokem +9

      Bo'oh of wo'oh

    • @blackbob3358
      @blackbob3358 Před rokem

      @@marcogiardi3737 Ya do'nt undestand the crack of the video, he is a facking cockney, u cant; that do'nt count. If ya not sure what i'm talking about, , look at Robert Carlisle playing a Tyke.

    • @TheSteadfastOne
      @TheSteadfastOne Před 11 měsíci +7

      Bricktop has entered the chat

  • @bindair_dundat
    @bindair_dundat Před 11 měsíci +25

    Teacher: "Don't worry. Listening at the exam will be easy."
    Listening at the exam: Alfie Solomons... at a crowded railway station...

  • @n-9988
    @n-9988 Před rokem +468

    Hat becomes A

  • @jeffmorse645
    @jeffmorse645 Před rokem +34

    As an American who's been watching British TV and movies my whole life the Cockney accent was always my favorite. I just smile whenever I hear it. Just seems so down to earth, friendly and fun and I can relate to that. RP kind of intimidates me.😄

    • @34kbro
      @34kbro Před rokem

      Favourite* 😉

    • @jeffmorse645
      @jeffmorse645 Před rokem +4

      @@34kbro Take it up with Noah Webster. 😛

  • @ionelaandreea2476
    @ionelaandreea2476 Před rokem +353

    I absolutely love these kinds of lessons. Please do more and more lessons like this.🧡

  • @Takeawayinataxi
    @Takeawayinataxi Před rokem +159

    I love this from an authentic cockney still living in East London.
    My Spanish teacher said cockneys pronounce Spanish perfectly due to our accent and the way we speak 👍

    • @roccomp
      @roccomp Před rokem +14

      I would´t say perfect, but yes, cockney vowels are more similar to our Spanish ones. Saludos!

    • @lukegray2835
      @lukegray2835 Před rokem +6

      Hah that's interesting! My grandparents are cockney, bow bells n all, but I'm just a Londoner

    • @Takeawayinataxi
      @Takeawayinataxi Před rokem +8

      @@roccomp Feliz Navidad.🙂

    • @Takeawayinataxi
      @Takeawayinataxi Před rokem +2

      @@lukegray2835 👍

    • @JoaoVictor-rd9gz
      @JoaoVictor-rd9gz Před rokem +3

      That's true, because your accent uses a lot of nasal sounds which almost all latin languages are made off not just Spanish. So for romance language speakers wouldn't be that hard to learn your accent as well.

  • @williamflaherty3168
    @williamflaherty3168 Před rokem +25

    The most incredible English teacher ever!!!!

    • @islamaly4210
      @islamaly4210 Před rokem +2

      That’s highly correct

    • @deanosaur808
      @deanosaur808 Před měsícem

      Shame we couldn't understand the Brummie accent 😛🤣

  • @lukegray2835
    @lukegray2835 Před rokem +41

    Alfie has that perfect Jewish cockney accent too, honestly what brilliant acting from Tom

  • @KeithPrince-cp3me
    @KeithPrince-cp3me Před 5 měsíci +4

    She is brilliant, as someone born and lived most of my life in East London her accent is excellent, I now live in Norfolk, but listening to this has made me quite homesick.

  • @hulakan
    @hulakan Před rokem +12

    I think I like this. Anyone who uses Alfie Solomons to teach English is doing something right.

  • @andrewmize823
    @andrewmize823 Před rokem +59

    Alfie is one of my favorite characters in the show. Equal parts funny and intimidating. Something about a cockney accent combined with a rumbly voice adds an extra dimension of menace to a hard geez.

  • @paulrupright4694
    @paulrupright4694 Před rokem +12

    Alfie is one of my all time favorite characters.

  • @thepurplesmurf
    @thepurplesmurf Před rokem +81

    5:30 this has to be the most epic explanation/demonstration for language learners ever. 👍😂

  • @mikeverona6924
    @mikeverona6924 Před 9 měsíci +13

    You just stole my heart with your pronunciation in this video! ❤
    Been a cockney accent fan for years:))
    More videos about this accent please!

  • @chrisstewart3768
    @chrisstewart3768 Před rokem +6

    A very in depth, extensive demonstration of these regional accents. A damn fine job, young lady. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing.

  • @DevelopYourEnglishwithEmma

    Great lesson! So engaging! It’s so important to be able to understand different accents but not to copy them when learning English (unless the learner is living there and wants to fit in) as if the learner repeats it to someone who isn’t cockney they may get a few funny looks 🙈. If I spoke like this in the north people would ask me why I’m not talking properly 😂

  • @shanegambit7424
    @shanegambit7424 Před rokem +6

    Charismatic and engaging! Teachers need to be creative like you

  • @missrosirosya1459
    @missrosirosya1459 Před rokem +30

    Always love the way you present the material for learning British accents!! Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️ I need more like this video. 😁

  • @MrWhite-ip9hw
    @MrWhite-ip9hw Před rokem +48

    This is a great show to learn these accents. She's so good. I'd love to see her land a cameo on the show. The actors all talk about how the "Brummy" is hard to do even for English folk. She makes it look easy.

  • @Bati.Raad_221B
    @Bati.Raad_221B Před měsícem

    Especially the technic of repeating some sentences and slangs makes people learn without they know
    it's just superb

  • @BelieveSte
    @BelieveSte Před rokem +2

    Cockney ere, after 10 years of living in Czech Republic, I have been told that my accent has finally gone, it only gets unleashed during meet ups with my siblings. This was a nice watch to remember my roots, great video.

  • @DepressedCapitalist
    @DepressedCapitalist Před rokem +6

    Superb class. I've been trying to nail this accent for years. Now, at least, I do understand more how to.... Cheers from Argentina!

  • @sierrahp
    @sierrahp Před rokem +21

    As, I guess, the closest thing to an Australian RP speaker, (thank you, mum and dad), I have traveled this wide, brown land extensively and have always found the regional dialects of Australia fascinating. I don't have insights into the minutia of our accent that you clearly have yours, but love listening to foreign accents as well. I'm getting pretty good at nailing down at least the rough area in the UK and the Americas from which the speaker harks. Thank you for your infinitely interesting videos which help me with my amateur studies.

  • @rootinteuton966
    @rootinteuton966 Před rokem +7

    Very cool. I love Tom Hardy. My wife is from Cambridgeshire, so she has a soft Southern accent. She has lost some of it due to living in the Southern United States for the last eighteen years. My friend Steven is a Jordy. I also know people from Essex and Wales. My family is from Scotland and I still have family in Dundee. They tell me I am Scottish, but some Scottish people say I am not. I guess I will just say I am a Gael. I do speak a fair amount of Scots Gaelic.

  • @ashlynavarro9340
    @ashlynavarro9340 Před rokem +4

    The Alfie impersonation at the end was brilliant, exellent video, as always.

  • @evasanchezsaez8685
    @evasanchezsaez8685 Před rokem +18

    I've got the English C1 certificate (I'm Spanish) I lived in Benidorm (I'm sure you've heard about it) for more than 10 years. I had many British friends and I heard many different accents.
    When you say in the video that your accent is from Birmingham, I've just remembered that many British used to think that I was from Birmingham, when they listened to me. They thought I was British!!! From Birmingham!!!

    • @Lyrielonwind
      @Lyrielonwind Před 11 měsíci

      How lucky! I'm Spanish from Andalusia and I've learned English in USA. I was once told I sounded cockney 😂. Now I know why.

    • @Battle_One
      @Battle_One Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@Lyrielonwind😂😂😂

  • @thekrachannnel
    @thekrachannnel Před rokem +35

    I am from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 🇸🇦, So I'm a Native Arabic
    Did you know how many times I bit my tongue trying to imitate you? 😂😂

  • @veroniquecourtat9833
    @veroniquecourtat9833 Před rokem +8

    You are so great Laura! It's my treat every day to watch your videos and I have a lot of catch up to do since I discovered your channel onlt a few weeks again only.

  • @monicahoward7443
    @monicahoward7443 Před rokem +1

    She is absolutely marvellous💛beautiful, funny and with no doubt the best teacher🙏

  • @Andre_SuroboyoRek
    @Andre_SuroboyoRek Před 8 měsíci +1

    Although I don't fully comprehend, it's nice to know that there are thousands of languages/accents in the world.

  • @whiskyyarn2234
    @whiskyyarn2234 Před rokem +6

    Omg I love this video. Making language fun. Thank you.

  • @stephanginther9051
    @stephanginther9051 Před rokem +6

    The Cockney accent is one of the most famous ones in America and the rest of the world remembers the famously bad one done on Mary Poppins. We had a good example in the character of Private Newkirk from the 60's sitcom 'Hogan's Heroes'. You may want to look that up. From what I've heard it isn't one that got played on British TV much but I've been told its been compared to McHale's Navy or Dad's Army. (which *_I_* haven't seen...maybe I'll look them up)

    • @bojansmf3673
      @bojansmf3673 Před rokem

      Mary poppings didn't do a cockney accent, she did a very good/what is now being called R P English , it was Dick van Dyke

    • @stephanginther9051
      @stephanginther9051 Před rokem

      @@bojansmf3673 I said on Merry Poppins as in the movie by that name not by Marry Poppins the character. Good info on R P English though, I didn't know what that was called.

  • @Bati.Raad_221B
    @Bati.Raad_221B Před měsícem

    You were the best cockney teacher I saw mate

  • @stankormy5717
    @stankormy5717 Před rokem +4

    Laura deserves an Academy Award!

  • @joelmasamba6762
    @joelmasamba6762 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Oh my gosh!!!! Thanks a lot my amazing teacher keep up the good work!!!!! I've been learning more from you

  • @randomfeller
    @randomfeller Před rokem +1

    Love the attitude that accompanies the lesson! Beautiful!!

  • @oliverclothesoff5397
    @oliverclothesoff5397 Před rokem +3

    When you talk like Alfie you gotta use the "f" word a LOT more. I'm actually surprised you found sentences Alfie says without using the f word. Great content!

  • @DerThorwald
    @DerThorwald Před 11 měsíci +5

    To me, learning a good standard English with a proper and comprehensible accent is enough.
    But I love dialects, local slangs and accents in general. I only need to have a very good base before to learn them! 😊

  • @muratucak6689
    @muratucak6689 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Your are a natural talent. Great work👏

  • @paryanindoeur
    @paryanindoeur Před rokem +2

    Mid-Atlantic/Northeast American here. We definitely drop the g here to this day. I have London, Irish, and German ancestry, which is typical for the region, and some of the gestures and expressions you used here, but did not mention, I recognize in specific areas, like New York. Some of them got picked up by later Italian immigrants, and mixed with some of their cultural gestures to get the NY-gangster movie type from the 1930s-now. Interesting to know where specific pieces of the puzzle came from!

  • @guruzzi
    @guruzzi Před rokem +3

    I like your teaching method very much. It is an absolutely different presentation.

  • @kylee2275
    @kylee2275 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Genius! You have delivered an extremely enjoyable lesson.

  • @galymzhankuantayev4035
    @galymzhankuantayev4035 Před rokem +11

    Adore your lessons!! So understandable, so wish you were my teacher

  • @jasonfernee6395
    @jasonfernee6395 Před rokem +1

    Great lesson in how to 'unspeak' the English Accent. I am Hertfordshire bred, who had cockney parents, but can speak either full on cockney or RP with a cockney undertone.

  • @spatongue
    @spatongue Před rokem +13

    I realize I've been dropping the wrong letters🤭. Sometimes it's hard to understand, but it's a matter of time! Great video👏!

  • @johnparnham5945
    @johnparnham5945 Před 15 dny

    I'm using this for voice coaching. We are doing a play set in London in the fifties so this will be a good introduction.

  • @jimringomartin
    @jimringomartin Před rokem +1

    You are so adorabo! And very informed. Love this

  • @osamaAhmed-oi7km
    @osamaAhmed-oi7km Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks so much every time comes to watch you i feel good

  • @davideloi9176
    @davideloi9176 Před 2 měsíci

    You are an exceptional and exceptionally fun teacher!

  • @pamelagraceatendido4369
    @pamelagraceatendido4369 Před rokem +3

    I learned a lot, laughed, and was entertained.

  • @socat9311
    @socat9311 Před rokem

    Difficult to do these vids and not be cringy, i would totally mess it up. You nail it, you are a natural

  • @nexus6motorola203
    @nexus6motorola203 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Nice job! Great idea) Really engaging delivery of material. Even for not English speaker

  • @inddsdgcranberrieswolf
    @inddsdgcranberrieswolf Před rokem +1

    Love it! Your videos always give a vibe of exciting suspenseful series

  • @farouk6437
    @farouk6437 Před rokem +5

    Love your energy, great video 😂

  • @juleslund1515
    @juleslund1515 Před rokem +1

    this is the coolest thing to come up in forever..

  • @zeyadalqaisi4239
    @zeyadalqaisi4239 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Your technique is the best ever, you made it fun and easy ❤

  • @chetosco
    @chetosco Před rokem +4

    I don't know what Hollywood is waiting for. This is a masterpiece. You may want to know that the "peopow" thing also is typical in Portuguese and Polish languages. Or you may not.

  • @normancotterill7849
    @normancotterill7849 Před 5 měsíci

    Very good indeed..
    Love it ………..I’m Birmingham born………loved PB and Alfie was an incredible character.
    Well done🤗🤗

  • @daniyalanjum9941
    @daniyalanjum9941 Před rokem +2

    Very useful video for those who want to learn or Wanna know about British accents. Hats off to your content from Your student from Pakistan

  • @Mkkhalil645
    @Mkkhalil645 Před rokem +3

    Thank you very much
    It was really a useful lesson..
    Keep going best wishes👍💐😄

  • @ExperiencesSharing_Walker

    Every time when I meet you, I will give you a thumb up. Your program is so wonderful.

  • @TheSimpy1997
    @TheSimpy1997 Před rokem

    I will go with my daughter to move to Britain from Hong Kong this year. Thanks for your interesting lesson. I like it very much.

  • @benjaminmoles3318
    @benjaminmoles3318 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Great video. I enjoyed it very much. Also very useful. Thanks

  • @azanmalikmoozan7145
    @azanmalikmoozan7145 Před rokem +2

    I love the cockney accent..please do more from this..I would like to learn..

  • @ihogenhuis960
    @ihogenhuis960 Před 11 měsíci

    You can clearly hear the relation to the Australian accent. Fascinating.

  • @ztunelover
    @ztunelover Před rokem

    Blimey. This is a video i never expected me to get me this invested in learning the cockney accent

  • @wojownicza12
    @wojownicza12 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Nice, I love your accent and your teaching skills, as a Polish I speak a bit like this accent - replacing 'th' sound a f

  • @jennifergirling6850
    @jennifergirling6850 Před rokem +2

    My dad was a cockney, I'm Aussie but I notice a bit of a mix of both languages in our family!

  • @atamanboba
    @atamanboba Před 5 měsíci

    Great lesson! It motivates me to learn more around ways to speak English

  • @jannatulferdousaurin4575

    The last part was the best of the best. Lovely.😂❤️

  • @farodopi5170
    @farodopi5170 Před rokem +1

    i absolutely love tom hardy job with that character. what an amazing actor with Cillian murphy

  • @brunobucciaratti3694
    @brunobucciaratti3694 Před rokem +22

    You are really brilliant Laura ! Please keep blessing us with videos like this one . Have a nice day Brumi haha

  • @evasuser
    @evasuser Před rokem

    She's talented, gifted, intelligent and all that, I subscribed. Ty for the inspiration ma'am.

  • @ishvara73
    @ishvara73 Před 4 měsíci

    Pure revelation. Much obliged indeed. Now I need to get practicing. Ta.

  • @deon9175
    @deon9175 Před rokem

    DANG!!.. You absolutely nailed it babycakes!!
    You're somethin' else alright!
    This is my new favorite CZcams channel, and you're my new favorite CZcamsr, nuff love girlfriend.

  • @mohammedbouleguessa4865
    @mohammedbouleguessa4865 Před 9 měsíci +1

    You're the best .. i just discovered your channel now .. I'll be a big follower and fan of you .. thank you so much

    • @smashingenglish
      @smashingenglish  Před 9 měsíci +2

      Thank you so much! How kind!!☺️☺️☺️☺️

  • @bangboombang1
    @bangboombang1 Před rokem +1

    Outstanding performance. Thumbs up!!!

  • @Freesoul999
    @Freesoul999 Před 2 měsíci

    Yes please do more like this, take a character and then teach us around that character

  • @hilalilo79
    @hilalilo79 Před 11 měsíci

    I absolutely love the way you speak o may God loved 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @stefanomuraro550
    @stefanomuraro550 Před 9 měsíci

    What a great lesson from you, Laura!

  • @corvuseditz3567
    @corvuseditz3567 Před rokem +212

    Tom hardy learned English from her 🤣🤣🤣

  • @aishaabdalsalam7709
    @aishaabdalsalam7709 Před rokem +5

    Alfie? some examples please! She's really amazing.
    The best Coceny accent lesson ever!

  • @sijos8927
    @sijos8927 Před 2 měsíci

    I'm having trouble understanding complex accents. Hope this channel helps me.

  • @Mia77442
    @Mia77442 Před 27 dny

    I’m rolling laughing hard! You are a killath gangster. Love every gesture you make with you mouth and your demeanor of speaking you should be cast in the movies. I’m on. Kudos from New Orleans

  • @DanielZakatDusk
    @DanielZakatDusk Před 5 měsíci

    I love it. Can't do it. But had a lot of fun watching.

  • @tiagoschrodinger2515
    @tiagoschrodinger2515 Před 8 měsíci +1

    *Your entry is fascinating!*

  • @Ag_paul
    @Ag_paul Před rokem

    I can watch her all day, she's amazing 😍💯

  • @kamalziani9071
    @kamalziani9071 Před 9 měsíci +1

    U are the most hilarious 😂 teacher I've ever seen 😂😂

  • @azamuddinzulkifly6222
    @azamuddinzulkifly6222 Před rokem +1

    Love this. May god bless you.

  • @abdullahussenemamudo938
    @abdullahussenemamudo938 Před 5 měsíci

    This is my favourite, I love it!

  • @ru_english
    @ru_english Před 7 měsíci +1

    This is the best episode

  • @vanessaduca8171
    @vanessaduca8171 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I love this lessons

  • @Eowyn187
    @Eowyn187 Před rokem +1

    ELIZA DOOLITTLE. My Fair Lady.
    You mention cockney and childhood memories of her adorable accent ringing in my head. Maybe she's why I'm so into learning to distinguish between diff English accents, all these years later. Heh heh

  • @ahmadkateeb3688
    @ahmadkateeb3688 Před rokem +1

    You are amazing 👏 ❤ I love languages and accent 😍, I do understand how much efforts you have done in this video, I've watched many of your videos, awesome 👌 😀 😊 well done sweetheart.

  • @paulandsiantours
    @paulandsiantours Před 7 měsíci

    I aint larfed so much in ages.....fanks for doing this video. Luuuuved it! 🙂

  • @NyoGR
    @NyoGR Před rokem +1

    8:00 if you happen to care the correct pronunciation of Diphthongs is with a F since it resemble more the original. Just remember Photograph it starts and ends with an F.
    This was a lovely video btw thank you so much🙏🏼

  • @jerryadams4449
    @jerryadams4449 Před rokem

    The name Alfie saands mow like Awt- vee like too silly baws angin toogevva by a lii -aw 'uh' saand,skipping not seamlessly across the dipfong, but awmost . I live in Wales now and in Welsh the uh sound is written as a y, so the place I live betws y coed is said bettus ah co edh, said with a slightly perceptable lispy tounge hitting against front top teeth..I love accents and I change over when speaking to some quite subconsciously at times..love the peakys a treasury of wonderful characters but Tom hardy is epic with his Alfie, amazing🙏❤️

  • @knndyskful
    @knndyskful Před měsícem

    Haha love it, beautiful demonstration 👏

  • @Ningishzidd4
    @Ningishzidd4 Před rokem

    As a dutchie, I like this channel and these kinds of lessons, makes me want to go out and buy a suit and some english shoes and go fer a stroll with my umbrella.

  • @riabuz_UTMAN
    @riabuz_UTMAN Před 5 měsíci

    I really love this video, because i really want to learn cockney accent. Thnx