2006-12-02 07:06:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Ello! I'm a cockney, ain't I. What's up wif you like? Watcha, RICKY! RICKY! GET OUT OF MY PUB!
Yes we are half-wits but we can't help it my son.
Shat it! Arwight! Shat it! Leave it aat!
2006-12-02 07:11:56 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term cockney refers to white working-class inhabitants of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people.
A "true" cockney is often said to be someone born within earshot of the Bow Bells, i.e. the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church in Cheapside in the City of London. However, the bells were silent from the outbreak of World War II until 1961. Also, as the general din in London has increased, the area in which the bells can be heard has contracted. Formerly it included the City, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Shoreditch, Hoxton, Stepney, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Shadwell, Bermondsey, and Rotherhithe, although according to the legend of Dick Whittington the bells could be heard from as far away as Highgate.
2006-12-02 07:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
disparaging stereotypes. This is just meant to be an offensive statement, it's not even really a question.
Besides, Dick Van Dyke was a Cockney and HE didn't talk like a halfwit, now DID he?
2006-12-02 07:10:52 · answer #3 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way some 'mericans spell on this website makes Cockneys look like bloomin' geniuses.
2006-12-02 07:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You bought into a stereotype...Cockneys can't help their accent anymore than you can help your own!
2006-12-02 07:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, right. Could you possibly explain the crystal clear phrase: Ee by gum, eky thump gradely
2006-12-03 00:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by Katya-Zelen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 12:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real question is why are you so biased,
PS I'm a Tyke so have no axe to grind
2006-12-02 07:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by alan h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And this from a northerner, I'll bet.
Eh up. Seethy by eck.
2006-12-02 07:07:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They spend too much time in the rub-a-dub-dub.
2006-12-02 07:08:22 · answer #10 · answered by Sherlock 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋