what is a cockney?

Answer 1

The term cockney refers to working-class inhabitants of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. It is also often used in reference to the "cockney accent", the accent common among London's working-class.

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 (which is not itself in the East End). 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 also be heard from as far away as Highgate.

Answer 2

A Cockney is a person who comes from London and uses Cockney rhyming slang e.g Bees and honey = Money

Answer 3

The term "cockney' usually refers either to the person, or the slang they speak of working class Londers, who largely hail from East London.

Think of characters like Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

Drop the "h" from your words, and you're getting a little close to the speech pattern.

Answer 4

cockney
c0ck·ney /ˈkɒkni/ [kok-nee]
noun, plural -neys, adjective
–noun
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the East End district of London, England, traditionally, one born and reared within the sound of Bow bells.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) the pronunciation or dialect of cockneys.

3. Obsolete.
a. a pampered child.
b. a squeamish, affected, or effeminate person.

–adjective
4. (sometimes initial capital letter) of or pertaining to cockneys or their dialect.

Answer 5

its someone who was born within the sound of bow bells, in east london

Answer 6

A FIRST CLASS T--T

Answer 7

thanks i wanted to know what it was too.