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A LONDONER Explains How to Speak COCKNEY (London accent)
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today on let them talk TV you are going
to learn everything you need to know
about the cockney accent spoken in
london now as you know I am a Londoner
but when I teach these lessons
I teach standard British English which
is what I'm talking now by the way more
or less anyway Bain London we have our
own accent and it's called cockney now
cockney is a working-class accent that
originated around the city and the East
End of London but now you'll find it all
over London and beyond in the past
Londoners tried to hide their cockney
accent when they tried to rise the
social ranks in polite society they were
mocked and shunned and having an accent
a cockney accent could hold them back
but not anymore now it's cool to have
cockney accent it's worn as a badge of
pride and you'll find it's everywhere in
the media on the BBC in Hollywood
lots of famous people are the were
cockneys for that for example at Dell
Jason Statham Amy Winehouse Russell
Brand Michael Caine and many more
now I'm milling his teacher so of course
when I teach English I use standard
British English for trying to again
standard British English RP it's all the
court often called RP received
pronunciation now this is the English
you'll find in English textbooks and
dictionaries but today with a little
help from my cousin Bob say hello Bob
alright we're going to learn some
cockney so if you're planning to visit
London speak to a Londoner listen to a
Londoner or just have an interest in the
accent of this great city
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hello and welcome to let them talk and
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