The Story of COCKNEY the (London) Accent and its People
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- What is a cockney? who is a cockney? Where does it come from? Why does it sound as it does? We'll answer these questions. We'll look at immigration into London (especially the East End) and see how it's shaped the accent. We'll look at famous "cockneys". Where do they come from are they really cockneys? And more.... This is a thorough investigation into the London accent and the cockney subculture.
Before watching this video make sure you watch part 1 which explains how to speak Cockney.
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0:00 Who is a Cockney?
2:28 Regional accents in the UK
4:24 Your comments from the first video
6:38 The haters
8:44 The history of cockney
11:41 Dick Whittington
14:37 Sound maps
16:44 The East End
18:50 Immigration (Huguenots)
19:33 Immigration (The Irish)
19:53 Immigration (Ashkenazi Jews)
21:41 Immigration (Chinatown)
22:51 Immigration (Bangladeshi)
24:15 Immigrant influence on the accent
28:57 Famous Cockneys
31:43 The accent today
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Dear author, do not take provocations and insults to heart. A small bunch of angry people are not worthy of this. They seem to project their personal failures onto those around them. Most people appreciate your hard work and efforts. Your videos are very informative and useful for me personally and for most people. You can highlight the essence and explain it clearly and interestingly. That's a great rarity. A huge number of likes confirm my words. It doesn't matter how a person looks, but what matters is what he does. And you help a lot of people. We appreciate and look forward to your videos. Greetings from Russia.
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More like a angry bunch of small people.
You Sir are a national treasure that hasn't been appreciated yet, for the lost English accents of mid twentieth century in what used to be an island nation called England.
@@flukedogwalker3016 my bad
@Hnkonan...
Great comment! ♥️
As a Londoner, may I say what a pleasure it is to hear your fabulous accent. And the language insights are brilliant.
I'm a Cockney through and through originally born in Bow and can trace my family back to and East End triangle over 500 years. I was always told you are only a true Cockney if you are born in the sound of Bow bells. The nursery song Oranges and Lemons is the most fantastic way to learn the names of the areas of East London. Victoria Park is one of the best parks to visit.I miss this genuine accent so much!
Ah's frae up in t'North an heard same thing.
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And Cockney rhyming slang!
When will you pay me said the bells of Old Bailey.
@@jenniferbate9682 faces and boat races and what not.
I was born just off London Bridge at Guys Hospital, that makes me a Cockney being born within sound of Bow Bells. My mum grew up in Southwark and my Dad's family owned a chip shop in the east end. I was raised in Essex but have always had an affinity and fascination with London and it's vast history. It's just a shame the accent is dying out now, it's one of a kind
THE INFLUENCE OF A PERFECT TEACHER LIKE YOU CAN NEVER BE ERASED !!!!!
DAMN Monica, that was deep! Wasn't expecting a Philosopher in the comment section! lol
Whoa!
Dear Gideon: I am a student of the English language since I was in elementary school in Pakistan. My parents enrolled me in the best possible school in Karachi, Pakistan, which led me to do my BA honours in the English literature. Wanted to become a linguist as I LOVE the origins of words. I do have a dictionary which tells me the origin/root of the word. LOVE your channel. You are doing an amazing job. By the way, the English language does not belong to the British people only, it is an international language. Keep up the great work!
I really Love the origins of words. Also pondering on similar words, how and why they originated. It Can tell so much about the people of that language, their culture, history. So much is hidden in the mysteries of a language.
As an American, this is the correct take...
Thank you Gideon!I enjoyed your previous video on COCKNEY accent..l m grateful too for the culture and proficiency you show in this one!So sad to hear about inappropriate comments..you re an excellent teacher and "Excellence is the best deterrent to ignorance and racism"Have a great day!🤩
You are so right. Many thanks
I am an American and absolutely loved your going over the comments. Died laughing. Glad you read them and responded. Hilarious!
We loved your “lighthearted” video! The kids and I laughed and laughed 😂. You’re brilliant, Gideon! Keep up your highly enjoyable videos.
May you share the link to the lighthearted video please? I can't find it. 👋
Us too
Where was I supposed to laugh?
This has been one of the most educational videos I've ever watched--not only on this channel, but in general! Steeped in local history, it really stands out among the many Cockney-themed uploads on CZcams. Now that I've learned about the exceptional linguistic diversity of London, I can also see where some of the less favorable commenters get the skewed idea that no one speaks English there anymore. Thank you for creating such excellent content.
Born a Londoner in St Giles Hospital, Camberwell and only after 57 years have I learnt I'm a bona fide Dick Whittington level cockney... as the crow flies it's less than 3 miles from St Mary Le Bow. Cheers for that. :)
I discovered your videos around 4 hours ago, around 2 am during one of my insomnia moments. I’ve enjoyed several of your videos. I have always been curious about the Cockney accent. I’m in the USA but watch a lot of British shows and movies, and the accent pops up quite a bit. Even in many of the video games I play, mainly RPG, I hear it as well. I enjoyed this video man. It makes sense, language seems to never be at a standstill, but always evolving. Glad I found your channel and I did subscribe. Take care man.
I love his accents and speaking style. I think he's great! His history of the English language and current affairs is terrific.
Being from Loughton (Essex) , I have a favourite sentence to demonstrate the extremes of my Estuary/Cockney accent, which is “I’m gaan daan Laa’un” or to translate “I’m going to Loughton”. In Loughton we tend to switch between standard English and more cockney dialect depending on who we speak to, but only older people use rhyming slang these days.
I don't know if only older people use rhyming slang . It may be the case in the South like Essex but it seems a lot of youngsters in the North of England like to use it .
I suspect that you use rhyming slang without realising.
As a Canadian I found this facinating and informative. Thanks for the insight and history!
Pygmalion, (the British film) is free on You Tube. It is a classic, but really enjoyable. I love George Bernard Shaw.
Thank you sir. Cockney here, I hadn't realised init was (now) a cockney phrase, I thought it was just 'today's yuff' bein' lazy, (as I was, also), so thanks for the update.
I had recognised the Yiddish influence.
I knew there was a Chinese area near the old docks (Commercial Street), but had not understood that it had moved to Soho.
You are a good teacher.
Thank you for the time and research you put into this video. As the only American person in my family, I always wondered why my mother's family was always so ashamed to be from the "East End" of London and growing up my mother always scolded me for asking my grandparents, aunts/uncles about their life growing up in London as being born and living in the East End was this big family secret. Your video addressed this issue and helped me understand a bit how this accent and birthplace might affect your ability to earn a living. As both sides of our family had different English accents (my father's family is from Lancashire/West Yorkshire), when we would travel for family gatherings it always seemed a melting pot of accents when you think England isn't that large of a country! Your video certainly provided me with important insights to the type living conditions they endured and possibly why my ancestors decided to emigrate to Canada. Interestingly, my grandparents, aunts/uncles never lost their London accents living in Canada for most of their lives. Two years ago I spent a week in London just tracing street addresses where they lived - some streets no longer existed and when you look at this area today, I assume it's far from the living conditions they endured. Thanks again and please continue doing these videos!
Why you ashamed of having a Cockney connection! Its history has always been a multi cultural City..
@D Beckett When you say "American", shouldn't you have said "North American"? Having a British accent in Ontario has a "snob" value so that's why British people of all sorts don't try to lose it. I find this brou-ha-ha over Prince Harry's book, Spare so amazing. It certainly shows the zenophobia of the Royal Family, doesn't it? The Royal Family seems very unwilling to change and Prince Harry and Meghan insist they do. Good for them.
You Sir are the most brilliant, engaging, knowledgeable, interesting, fascinating, English teacher on You Tube! Keep up the amazing work!
Took the words out of my mouth. Presenter is fantastic
It's a pure pleasure to listen to your lessons in the morning with my morning coffee.Thank you ,sir, for this kind of beginning of a day!
It’s strange, and funny (substituted that for deranged and misguided) how people who make nasty comments still somehow find a way to tune in. Your videos are very well done, fun and informative. Thank you.
I'm from Milton Keynes and I speak with a cockney accent, my nan was born in Napoli and grew up in West ham
Greetings from Ecuador. Your videos bring me back to London, your walls and people that have hold my heart since I knew You 25 years ago. I cannot thank You enough for doing these videos. ❤
I will only ever hear Keats poetry in my head with a cockney accent now. Perfect.
You are without any doubt the best English teacher on CZcams, your chanel is just terrific, brilliant and more, I discovered it 1 week ago and now I'm consuming your videos like a drug I cannot stop, please continue your great work and thank you for it
I felt and did the same when i discovered this channel😄 Gideon is great!
My ex husband was born in Stratford, raised in Leyton. On meeting my broad Yorkshire Dad, (1979) a translation service between East End and East Yorkshire was needed!
I work in the Midlands now, and find it amusing to hear some street East End mingling with Brummy type accents (innit bruv...)
I love these videos the haters have no place in this forum of interesting discussion.
I also enjoyed your two videos about Cockney very much! People should realise that the UK is a very multicultural place and that British people born on the island can have ancestors from different regions of the world! I, for example, am Slovak but my grandfather came from Iraq. Does it mean I am an Iraqi? Hell no! I do not know a single word of Arabic and the culture seems very distant to me, all I know is Slovak and other European languages that I have learnt so far :)
يا هلا بيك!
The most cockney accent I ever 'heard was this beautiful south asian lady selling portraits of sikh gurus. I'm a Canadian who lives in Vancouver, by the way. Well..as soon I began inquiring about prices, she breaks into this raspy East London accent...I was gobsmacked, I was! I then asked her where she was from, Oh, East London, love! We had a nice chat, after that and I got my picture of Guru Gobind Singh....Cheers! P.S. this was a wonderful video on the accent and history of the Cockneys. I think my favorite individual, though there's so many famous lives, was the great poet William Blake.
I loved the history class about the cockneys as much as I love the British accent. Well done and keep it up!
Just ignore the haters, they don't deserve your time. As Dante Alighieri said: ""non ti curar di lor, ma guarda e passa"" ("do not care about them, but look and pass over"), meaning that we must not worry about the slander or malice of others
Actually, Dante's verse (Inferno, III, v. 51) reads : Non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa (Let's not talk about them, but look and pass over). The meaning is basically the same, of course, still I don't get why people always report it that way (non ti curar): Dante never wrote it.
Hi Gideon! It's so annoying to hear there are so many haters out there. I'm a teacher from Russia and find your videos very informative and useful. Thanks a lot! Stay mellow))) and ignore negative comments! Looking forward to your upcoming videos.
Brilliant! Really informative, enjoyable and great fun to watch and learn! Keep up the good work , Gideon!
Hi Gideon, pay no attention to idiots (the world seems to have quite a few of them now). I’m a Canadian, and still watch your lessons with a great interest. Thanks!
Thank you Gideon for this top-quality video. I learned so much! Thanks for the effort you've put in to put this together so well!
Just found this! Brilliant! Both sides of my family lived in London. Listening to you was like hearing my grandparents again talking about Costamongers and their history of London. Thank you.
I love these videos! I always like it when historical perspective is given in cultural things, I gives everything a lot more depth and causality. Thank you for doing these!
Your work is extremely useful, interesting, and hilarious, at the same time. A great confort in this depressing time. Grazie and all the best!
I’ve never heard anybody that speaks very well English like this gentleman. Your videos are very informative. Keep up the good work sir!
So pleased to have just discovered your channel! I’m obsessed with our dialects and how they have been influenced so this is just my cup of tea 😃
Brilliant!!! As for who is Londoner or not. I am Armenian born in Moscow. My great grand father settled in Moscow in 1823. Since then my family and I now live in our house, not a flat within square mile of Kremlin.
I am Muscovite as You are a Londoner. Some Russians still will not believe that I am more Muscovite Russian than those who came to Moscow from Far East and South recently.
And funny enough, I have big Armenian nose almost identical to yours.
With warm greetings to a friend of fate:)))
Loved this. Many tidbits I didn't know. Really informative, fun and engaging. Thankyou.
Hullo and thank you Gideon for this very interesting and elucidating video, great stuff as usual. By the way, you to me are the epitome of both a Londoner and a really great teacher. Wish there were a lot more people like you in this world ❤
Thank you for your videos. Such a joy to watch. So well researched and informative. Keep up the good work!
Very interesting and substantial series, please, continue your story of London!
I'm from Lancashire and when I hear someone from the south-east it absolutely fascinates me. I just look at them with intrigue. I find it even more fascinating than hearing someone speaking a foreign language. They just sound so clear, it's like it's too much. You sound so 'English' I say to myself, lol.
Edit: Great video by the way. Much needed as this is an interesting subject.
You're awesome. I love your content. So interesting for a language hobbyist like myself. Keep on creating and I will watch. Fascinating history of cockneys.
My favourite English teacher! Lessons are absolute pleasure and fun! Cheers,Gideon!
This is really good! It's like being on a walking tour of the city of London! Good stuff!
Thank you Gedeon for your amazing videos! We love you.
This was so informative. What an excellent work!
I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Thanks so much for making it: the amount of work behind it is astounding.
I love love love your useful videos full of both humor and good ideas. You are such a great representative of that special culture I am fond of. Much love from Russia
That's very kind. Thanks.
That was probably the most interesting video I ever watched about some kind of culture at a place... So full of history, geography, living! And about the evolution of language - I just watched Noam Chomsky saying exactly the same. So - congratulation and many, many thanks! 💐
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are an amazing Londoner with an amazing RP! Absolutely amazing information about London! Kudos to you!
Wonderful and informative as always.
Bravo Gideon! I love your lessons! They helped me enormously to improve my level and perfectionate the accent. Thank you very much indeed!
I was born in St Bart's, a mere stones throw from St Mary le Bow church. The hospital is also really really near the original boundary wall of Roman London (London Wall).
It's amazing how much interesting information you have shared in this and your other videos, unfortunately when people can't fully understand they sometimes judge negatively. But at the same time even more people do understand. Thank you for unfolding some of the secrets and the fascination of this beautiful Language.
Hi Gideon, I love the way you speak and teach people over CZcams. I'm your fan number one. All the best.
I just love your channel. Do keep on producing your videos.
Another very entertaining and informative presentation unit, thanks
Thank you for sharing this very interesting video!
Great video and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Knowledgable , informative, interesting and entertaining . Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot for your exhaustive description of the story of cockney accent. I've never heard a complete historic explanation like yours. You're a good teacher and don't worry about people who need to be rude only for the sake of being like that.
I’m so happy I found you! So interesting 🧐. Thank you 🙏
Very similar to the US, we’ve different accents in different cities. Boston, NYC(has 2-3), Chicago, Spokane and Los Angles just to name a few. The southern US is something totally different now. That actually came from Great Britain, weird 🤣. Thank you for sharing👍🏼🍀🇺🇸
Yep, NooYawk has Brooklynese, Queensish, and Lowah East Side Yiddish. Manhattan doesn’t have an accent per se. The Bronx accent is Latino these days. I think of Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon as being the quintessential “New York accent” though it’s really Brooklynese. I come from Long Island and have smoothed mine over the years, but Cooper’s Rocket accent is hilarious to me and just perfect.
Brilliant stuff -- all of your videos!
Thanks a lot for your video! It’s so informative and brilliant, I love it 🥰
So glad I stumbled on your youTubes. I have been fascinated by linquistics for more than 50 years. Keep up the great presentations
Thank you for these wonderful videos Gideon. I’ve never been to London before but thanks to you it will be my next vacation destination. These lessons bring my english to another level 💐.
Dear sir I just found your very interesting lectures. I'm loving It!
Thank you!
you are going to be my best youtuber !!! i come from greece ,live in greece and i have to mention that all of your videos give so many usefull informations with a nice and great sense of humor , not to mention the historical detail i got from you , one of my hobies is studying and learning new languanges and you will be my mentor to english
( i wish i could speak cockney by the way)
Dear Gideon
You 're still such an excellent teacher !
it has bien a long time now since I haven t seen you but I keep so good memories of your classes .
Hi Isabelle, such a pleasure to hear from you. I'm glad you like the videos.
I’m fascinated by your programmes and enjoy them immensely. Having lived in London I place your accent as North London possibly around Wembley where I grew up .
Aka spurs supporters like me. 👍
Great work and great Videos! Thank you very much
Thanks for this great video. Your historical synopsis of the cultural history of the East End reminds me of my time studying history with William J. Fishman at the University of London back in 2000. As a cockney and the son of Jewish immigrants to East London, he really got me interested in the fascinating history of that area.
We have something in common. My grandparents were Jewish East-End immigrants. Though they took the 'North-West passage' as life improved. Doing the research on the history of the East End was really fascinating.
@@LetThemTalkTV So much fascinating detail, so many deep insights. Muchos Kudos ;-)
I was struck by your (seemingly plausible) flagging the commonality of "innit", as a generic termination for a question, with Indian subcontinent usages: Punjabi etc. You will of course be well aware that the same construction occurs in French, with "n'est-ce pas" -- but obviously that's not pertinent to the likely influences on present day Cockney, I only raise it as a slightly interesting aside.
I got so much more out of this video than your title would have suggested. Thanks for making it.
Hi Gideon, thank you for your video. I was born and raised in south London, I left south London nearly 30 years ago, when I was 19 years of age and have been living north of the river ever since then. I have a part in a feature length film, which we will be making early next year. I have to speak in a Cockney accent for my film role, which is an east end gangster, so I am learning about the Cockney culture and their accent. Thank you.
I love your classes Gideon. All the best from Brazil. Obrigada!
That was most interesting, and very informative. Thank you.
Thank you Gideon for another interesting and informative video. YOu're always witty and inspirational, neven mind haters!
I really enjoyed the video and learned a lot! Great work! Thank you Gideon.
Glad you enjoyed it!
oh Gideon, you are the most knowledgeable English teacher on internet i've ever seen!
Great video as usual, Gideon. I´m becoming a fan of them. Thank you. Best wishes from Argentina
Great comment as usual. Thanks
Thank you Sir for this very informative video! As a Dutchman, who learnt to speak with an RP accent, I think Cockney is fascinating. Ignore the haters. Your time is too precious.
Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦 I’m new to viewing your videos and I just love them, so informative and interesting, the history and the language. Please keep up the great work and just ignore the negative comments. 😊
This was very interesting. Thanks.
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Your videos are so informative! Thank you!
It sucks that people make such comments. Just like over here in the U.S. we’re a melting pot. I love learning about different accents and dialects. Keep doing a great job and God bless!!!!
Thank you for this video! It's very interesting!
Born in South London with RP but grew up in West Ham, so had to switch to Cockney very quickly! One feature of 50s/60s Cockney was the repetition of part of a sentence for emphasis.
'He's gone down the market, he has.'
'She had her hair done, she did.'
'I'm doing me homework, I am.'
I recently spoke with a guy who's lived in the East End all his life and he retains this feature.
"Where are you off to?"
'Goin' down the pub ent I?'
Perhaps 'innit' has replaced this?
Fascinating stuff 😉
Thank you, Gideon - from Denmark 😊
Truly enjoyed this video ❤❤❤❤
I love your videos. Love learning about accents, so much fun, init?
You r a gem!
Thank you for your effort!
The pleasure is mine.
I loooove your videos!!!!💕 I learn so many things! Thank you!
Great set of videos - I'm now a subscriber!
You are just perfect the way you are. I'm improving thanks to you in so many ways. Many Thanks !!!!
You are the best Gideon
Thanks so much for the lessons
I love your lessons and really enjoy your beatiful British english pronunciation. Thank you very much for very useful material.
Loved this video. ❤ Thanks from Brazil!💚💛
Loved this video found it very interesting. It helps to explain how you can tell which part of London someone came from based on the slang they spoke. You could identify a north Londoner from a south Londoner just as easy as you could an eastender.