Phys.org

Cockney and Queen's English have all but disappeared among young people—here's what's replaced them

Cockney and received pronunciation (Queen's English) were once spoken by people of all ages, but they are no longer commonly spoken among young people in the south-east of England. In new research, ...
The New York Times

COCKNEY ACCENT DISCOURAGED; London Tries to End a Dialect That Users Find a Handicap in Many Sorts of Jobs

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The New York Times

The History of the Cockney Dialect; COCKNEY PAST AND PRESENT: A Short History of the Dialect of London. By William Matthews. 245 pp. New York: E. P.Dutton & Co. $2.65.

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KQED

How to Make Sense of English Cockneys, One Pop Culture Clip at a Time

Compared to what the U.K. receives by way of American pop culture, the U.S. gets a fairly limited view of what British folk are actually like. As far as movies and TV go, the three most common ...