hello and welcome to English like a
native
my name is Anna and today we are going
on a journey of discovery the UK is made
out of a vast array of accents which
differ vastly from region to region
sometimes it's even difficult for us
natives to understand each other so if
you're not a Native you might find it
impossible so this series is all about
introducing you to different accents
from different regions around the UK so
who are we going to meet today this is
Paul. Paul is a cockney usually found in
the East End of London say hello Paul Alright! everybody loves the cockney accent
what everybody loves the cockney accent
and you may have heard of cockney
rhyming slang some of the common phrases
follows your having a bubble
are you joking
Sweet mate, that's wonderful pipe down you lot
be quiet everybody
quiet everybody
wonderful ok so let's look at some of
the key features of the cockney accent
accent is the th sound so where in
standard British English you would do a th
with the tongue between the teeth the
cockneys don't they will sometimes
replace it with an F, a v or even a d
replace it with an F of E or even indeed
shall we
the word with, with, come with me
interesting but either way we don't do
the th in the same way so come with me or
go with him would you go go with him no
go with him come with me, go
with him
come with me interesting ok let's have a
look another word
father my mother and my father
nice something you should say
regularly if you're polite is thanks, I'd like to thank
you for watching
I'd like to thank you for watching I'd
like to thank you for watching, I'd like to
thank you for watching. weather,
weather, we're having lovely
weather here today we're having a lovely
weather today. another common feature is
the dropping of the H sound so where we
would do a nice aspirate for the letter H
in cockney they would generally drop that
for example house house house house I
bought a new house
help help help help
could you help me could you help me no I
don't think anyone can. hero hero hero
hero he's my hero
he's my hero and something you would say
quite often
hello hello hello
another key feature is the diphthong ... our so in standard English we take the
two vowel sounds we run them together smoothly
but the cockneys do more of an .... sound it's sharper less of a diphthong
generally quicker generally
quicker
ok so less of that slide from one vowel to
the other so let's look at some examples how, how are you?
now now, I need to go now i need
to go now allow, allow. I cannot
allow you to pass
I cannot allow you pass another diphthong
that is different in the cockney accent
is the ... diphthong ..... in standard English
we start this diphthong more open
but in cockney there's less space
should I let the genuine cockney give
that to go so if I say I you would say
I, and you'll notice again it's
quicker so i take more time enjoy that
movement whereas Paul just rushes it
through..It's better that way
let's look at this sound in some words
so like like like like I like you I like
you
thank you. That's not a problem love. Think I've
pulled my my my my, that's my mother that's
my mother night night night night it
happened the other night it happened the
other night fight fight we got into a fight we got into a
fight
finally cockneys generally glottalise
their t's so they dropped them when
they appear in the middle of words and
at the end of words as well so for
example I might say water but Paul
would say or water
and if i was to say pass me that water you
Paul would say pass me that water
there was no final t and no middle t in water so pass me
that water pass me that water. Lovely. other examples might be the word
better
Better, I'm feeling better
I'm feeling better. You're feeling better? a little
bit. Good. butter butter pass me the butter
pass me the butter. twitter twitter twitter
have you checked your twitter
account? Have you check your Twitter account?
are you following me on Twitter? are you
following her on twitter? great
okay so there we have it you've got some
standard phrases that you might hear
from a cockney as well as five common
features of the accent so that covers
the cockney accent now we have been very
general here we've covered the general
stereotypical cockney accent features
but London is made up of so many
different influences many different
accents and so this is not indicative of
everybody who lives in London it just
gives you a little bit of a helping hand
do make sure that you stay with us for
many more accent discovery videos let's
say a big thank you to Paul thank you
very much thank you very much darling
thank you very much love, and before you
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thank you very much and goodbye