cockney
Thames-side dialect speaker
A cockney is a working-class Londoner, traditionally one born within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church in the East End.
The term also refers to their distinctive accent and dialect, marked by dropped H's, glottal stops, and rhyming slang where apples and pears means stairs and dog and bone means phone.
He spoke in broad cockney. (Capitalized Cockney is interchangeable.)
Regional speech pattern
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- rhyming slangSubstitution using sound-alike phrases
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
intonation · twang · lingo · colloquialism · patois · speech pattern
Cockney term for steps
- stairsSet of steps
- boat raceWatercraft speed contest
- tea leafDried plant for brewing
- Adam and EveBiblical original humans
accent
Regional speech pattern
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- rhyming slangSubstitution using sound-alike phrases
pronunciation · intonation · twang · lingo · colloquialism · patois · speech pattern
apples and pears
Cockney term for steps
- Britishnesstea, London, BBC, Big Ben, royal family
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
- East EndEast End, Bow Bells, Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel, rhyming slang
- London slanginnit, bruv, fam, roadman, bare
- regionalismsyouse, fixin' to, fixing to, ain't, aint
- Ways of Speakingaccent, slang, vernacular, dialect, twang
cockneyRP
Prestige British accent
Queen's English · King's English · BBC English · posh accent · Oxford English
cockneyrural dialect
Regional speech of countryside
provincial · rural · Geordie · Brummie · West Country
- Cockney rhyming slangLondon dialect using rhymes