I'm an actor and I need to work on my British dialect, specifically Cockney. Does anyone have any suggestions as far as music and movies go that I should listen to? I know a lot of American actors are criticized for their "fake" accents so I'm trying to better mine with some authentic (or at least very well done) accents. Any ideas? Thanks!
2007-07-09 08:24:35 · 8 answers · asked by Verity 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The TV show Are You Being Served has two cockney characters. It's usually characterized by not pronouncing the "H" at the beginning of words and often using Cockney rhyming slang. My Fair Lady is probably the best to watch because it's about a girl trying to lose her Cockney accent.
Also remember it's the working class, less educated people who usually speak this way in England so there's a certain roughness about the person.
2007-07-09 08:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by CC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Fair Lady is a pretty good movie to go off of if you want to listen to cockney. Also, some British sitcoms on PBS have Brits using cockney, y'know?
2007-07-09 15:29:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visit your local library and try to find dialect tapes, or work with a dialect coach. Jillian Lane-Plescia has a good set of Cockney tapes. If you can get hold of these, it will help.
2007-07-09 15:59:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, up there, Miss Brahms on 'Are You Being Served?' is a good example, as is Mr Harmon, the maintainence man.
I'm not sure how 'authentic' Audrey Hepburn's accent in My Fair Lady' is, but AVOID Dick Van Dyke's dreadful attempt in 'Mary Poppins'!!!!
2007-07-09 16:22:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop your H's and use a glottal stop for T's.
Vocalize your L's, as in pronounce them as a W (milk is miwk)
Use Cockney Rhyming Slang.
2007-07-11 03:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by Martin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch Michael Caine in Space videos
2007-07-09 15:49:25 · answer #6 · answered by Everyone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lock stock and two smoking barrels has a few cockney stars (including the narrator) and features a scene in a pub where they use so much cockney rhyming slang they have to use subtitles.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/
2007-07-09 15:34:59 · answer #7 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watch some very british movies.
2007-07-09 15:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by noseque1984 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋