Characters on EastEnders say 'youse' and 'gotten', neither of which I've ever heard from real Cockneys - they're Dublin/Liverpool and Americanisms respectively.
Could the scriptwriters have it wrong? Could some of them even be American? Or are these features actually creeping into Cockney - maybe even because of the series?
2007-02-08 16:13:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Yes I notice the "baddies" in The Bill also speak this strange dialect.
"You was well out of order"....
2007-02-08 17:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The inauthenticity of soap accents is legendary. Or at least, it should be.
Brookside was the only one to even make an effort. Emmerdale (which I never watched, but couldn't help seeing from time to time) is embarrassingly devoid of a single authentic West Yorkshire accent, let alone a Bradford/Keighley/Skipton Airedale accent, which it should have. Last of the Summer Wine was even worse, with three southerners in the main parts.
Coronation Street has had a couple of real Mancunian accents over the years, notably Jack Duckworth's, although it's supposed to be in Salford. Most of the main parts seem to be taken by people with accents from the former mill towns to the north of Manchester, such as Bolton, Bury and Oldham, or by people from Yorkshire or the south.
2007-02-09 00:32:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It maybe called Mockney, Jamie Oliver is a prime example, he's quite well spoken but pretends to be cockney to make him appear to be an ordinary working class kid made good. Could be the same for the Eastenders people but I don't watch it so I don't really know for sure.
2007-02-09 01:55:53 · answer #3 · answered by georgeygirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine it is very difficult to get the accent 100% right all the time. Scriptwriters cannot always be from the same area as the soap they are writing for & mistakes happen.
The best authentic accent on TV is that of "Roisin" in River City. Her Aberdeen accent is perfect - probably due to the fact that she is from the Torry area of Aberdeen.
2007-02-09 02:09:16 · answer #4 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's the actors using their own accents in a lot of cases. Sadly, it's quite typical of how a lot of people speak these days.
The worst ones recently had to be Martin and Sonia (luckily they've now left the series) with Martin's glottal stop in "di'n't" and also Sonia and her "I could of" etc.
I'd prefer the authentic cockney any day!
2007-02-09 00:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mr N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michelle's daughter, Vicky, first came to the square with a very peculiar "American" accent. After a trip away her accent reverted to fairly standard English.
2007-02-09 03:40:49 · answer #6 · answered by catsmeatuk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like soaps but my wife does so I see them form time to time. The only thing that makes them bearable is the diabolical accents
2007-02-09 02:08:12 · answer #7 · answered by Ether Man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gor blimey mate wot are yer sayin`? We don`t talk nuffin like tha`, thems` toffs.
2007-02-09 00:20:46 · answer #8 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋