The Cockney accent is synonymous with east London legends like Barbara Windsor and Michael Caine. But even though you might not Adam and Eve it, researchers say that the dialect has now become ...

Yiddish is a familiar presence in contemporary English speech. Many people use or at least know the meaning of words like ...

Flash forward to today and the Cockney accent is still alive and well. You’ll find it in East London, as well as in the worlds of film and TV shows like “Call the Midwife” and “Peaky ...

widely regarded as the standard voice used in London and the South East) is the only – or “proper” – way to sound. You can now turn on the radio and television and hear accents that make ...

I have found that those born in Essex, particularly younger generations, tend to consider their accent to be an “Essex” one. By contrast, the older generations born in east London are much ...

The accent is still found in east London, as well as the southeast county of Essex. An example of typical estuary English is Adele’s dulcet tones. Interestingly, both SSBE and estuary English ...

The Modern Cockney Festival concluded recently with the dialect being officially recognised as a community language by an east London council. Among other things, the month-long event featured a ...

Ronan had to work with a dialect coach to enliven the now dwindling East London accent, also known as Cockney. “I feel like every actor who’s not from London can very easily slip into that ...