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  Cockney English
Cockney is characterized by its own special vocabulary and usage, and traditionally by its own development of "rhyming slang." Rhyming slang, is still part of the true Cockney culture even if it is sometimes used for effect.
It is generally agreed, that to be a true Cockney, a person has to be born within hearing distance of the bells of St. Mary le Bow, Cheapside, in the City of London.
The Cockney accent is generally considered one of the broadest of the British accents and is heavily stimatized.
www.ic.arizona.edu /~lsp/CockneyEnglish.html   (860 words)

  
  Cockney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cockneys are, in the present-day sense of the word, white working-class inhabitants of London.
Cockney culture is a culture of small communities and large extended families - mum and dad, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins - several generations often under the same roof or living on the same street.
Cockney speakers have a distinctive accent and dialect, and frequently use Cockney rhyming slang.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cockney   (1885 words)

  
 Cockney rhyming slang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cockney rhyming slang (sometimes abbreviated as CRS) is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London.
However, it remains a matter of speculation as to whether this was a linguistic accident; it was developed intentionally to assist criminals; or it was chiefly used to maintain a sense of community.
The idiom even briefly made an appearance in the UK-based DJ reggae music of the 80s, in the hit "Cockney Translation" by Smiley Culture; this was followed a couple of years later by Domenick and Peter Metro's "Cockney and Yardie".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cockney_rhyming_slang   (1422 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cockney Rebel
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel were a UK rock band from the early 1970s.
Their music covers a range of styles from pop to progressive rock, and while they were contemporary with the glam rock period, their music is not truly classifiable as such.
Cockney Rebel, led by Steve Harley and Jean-Paul Crocker on the violin, were around at the time Bowie and a few others were turning androgynous glam into an art form.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cockney-Rebel   (681 words)

  
 cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang at its most simplest uses a conjunction of words, whose last is used to suggest a rhyme, which is its definition.
This area, Cockney London, was once defined as being that which was within the sound of Bow bells, the church bells belonging to the Church of St Mary Le Bow, in Cheapside.
Many true Cockney's have a strong pride in their own special vernacular and their resentment for much of the current batch of rhyming slang will be very evident, especially when it is given the name Cockney rhyming slang.
www.peevish.co.uk /slang/articles/cockney-rhyming-slang.htm   (960 words)

  
 Welcome to Cockney Carpentry and Construction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cockney Carpentry, started in 1988 and run by Ian Thomas, has been a successful carpentry and renovation company in Toronto for the last 17 years.
Cockney Carpentry is known as a company that produces high quality work and adheres to the high standards that customers expect.
Cockney Carpentry is a totally independent and self-sufficient company that is equipped with a large workshop capable of handling most jobs.
www.cockneycarpentry.com /index.html   (179 words)

  
 Cockney Rhyming Slang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cockney is the term used to describe any person said to be born within the sound of the Bow Bells - the bells of St. Mary-Le-Bow Church ("Bow Church") - in Cheapside, London EC2.
Cockney should not be used as a generic term describing any person born in or around the general vicinity of London.
It is thought to have originated from the seamen and soldiers who used the London docks, from the Gypsies who arrived in the fifteen hundreds, from the Irish residents and the Jewish faction and from all the other ethnic minorities which have made up the population of the city.
www.phespirit.info /cockney   (263 words)

  
 85search - Cockney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cockneys are Londoners who were born within the sound of Bow Bells - the bells of the old Church of...
Doctor Cockney' is a self styled comedy sex therapist who is currently touring the U.K. conducting live ‘on the street' interviews with members of the general public as research for his forthcoming...
Cockneys are, in the present-day sense of the word, working-class inhabitants of London.
www.search-online.org /keyword/cockney.html   (326 words)

  
 cockney - ek$i sozluk
cockney londra'da sýnýrlarý st. mary-le-bow kilisesinin çanlarýnýn duyulduðu yerler olarak belirlenmiþ bir bölgedir, baþka bir deyiþle bu çan sesini duyabiliyorsanýz cockney'desiniz demektir, çevrenizde bol bol kokni kafiye argosu duyacaksýnýz demektir.
cockney aksaný kabaca londra (özellikle doðusu) iþçi sýnýfý aksaný diye genelleþtirilebilir.
aksan için ayrýca (bkz: cockney aksaný) [allalla senelerdir dolu bildiðim bkz boþ çýktý]
sozluk.sourtimes.org /show.asp?t=cockney   (210 words)

  
 cockney rhyming slang, autralian rhyming slang - cockney and austrlian rhyming slang terms, translations and definitions
Cockney rhyming slang is an amusing, widely under-estimated part of the English language.
Cockney rhyming slang then developed as a secret language of the London underworld from the 1850's, when villains used the coded speech to confuse police and eavesdroppers.
Cockney rhyming slang is a significant and colourful presence in the English native language.
www.businessballs.com /cockney.htm   (1963 words)

  
 Cockney Rhyming Slang
Remnants of Cockney rhyming slang, however, are found with a very few exceptions only in the English spoken in Britain, especially around London.
Many of the more common Cockney rhyming slang phrases in use today can be found in our Cockney Dictionary.
Much of the history attached to Cockney rhyming slang is uncertain.
www.fun-with-words.com /cockney_rhyming_slang.html   (177 words)

  
 Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Their music covers a range of from pop to progressive rock and while they were contemporary with glam rock period their music is not truly as such.
His musical career began in the 1960s when he was busking performing his songs some of which were later recorded him and the band.
The original Cockney were put together in 1972 consisting of Stuart Elliot bassist Paul Jefferies violinist Jean Croker and guitarist Milton Reames James.
www.freeglossary.com /Steve_Harley_and_Cockney_Rebel   (740 words)

  
 whoohoo.co.uk Cockney Rhyming Slang Translator!
The phenomenon of Cockney Rhyming Slang (or Rabbit) is a code of speaking in which a common word can be replaced by the whole or abbreviated form of a well-known phrase which rhymes with that word.
It is thought to have originated from the seamen and soldiers who used the London docks, from the gypsies who arrived in the 1500’s, and from the Irish residents, the Jewish faction and all the other ethnic minorities which have made up the population of the East End.
'Cockney' should not be used as a generic term for any person born in or around the general vicinity of London.
www.whoohoo.co.uk /cockney-translator.asp   (958 words)

  
 Genealogy - Cockney Origins
The word cockney was originally applied to a small or misshapen egg sometimes calles a cock's egg.
'A cockney or cockny, applied only to one born within the sound of Bow bell, that is in the City of London, a tearme coming first out of this tale.
It is a triumph of the skill of Wren's mason, Thomas Cartwright, that the steeple withstood a fire inside the steeple and the crashing down of the bells during the Second World War.
www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk /cockney.htm   (744 words)

  
 Cockney Rhyming Slang Cartoons
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www.cartoonstock.com /directory/c/cockney_rhyming_slang.asp   (748 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! TRAVEL GUIDE: London's East End
To be a true Londoner, a Cockney, you have to be born within hearing distance of bells of St.
The Bow Bells were the curfew bells promptingpeople to extinguish their fires before going to bed.
'Cockney On Britannia' visits places where some of London's best kept secrets are hidden, away from the traditional tourist traps, where you can enjoy some history and events in the lives of ordinary people.
www.britannia.com /travel/london/cockney   (69 words)

  
 electric minds | world wide jam | london
I am not a proper Cockney, although born in London (the Old Kent Road: cheapest property on the UK Monopoly board).
You have to be born "within the sound of Bow Bells" to qualify in the strictest sense.
Cockney slang is a good example; I'd be distraught if it were to vanish.
www.abbedon.com /electricminds/html/wwj_london_2648.html   (819 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cockney
In British English, the term mockney (a Portmanteau of mock and cockney) has come to be used, predominantly in the media, to describe those who present themselves as cockneys (or, by extension, other working-class groups) with the intention of gaining popular credibility.
The current lack of a hospital with a maternity ward in earshot of the church also severely limits the number of 'true' cockneys that can now be born.
A Cockney, in the loosest sense of the word, is an inhabitant of the East End of London.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cockney   (5855 words)

  
 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Harley_&_Cockney_Rebel   (200 words)

  
 Cockney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
According to one old tradition, the definition is limited to those born within earshot (generally taken to be three miles) of the Bow bells, i.e.
As mentioned in the introduction, one definition is that in order to be a Cockney, one must have been born within earshot of the Bow Bells.
A study was done by the city in 2000 to see how far the Bow Bells could be heard, and it was estimated that the bells would have been heard 6 miles to the east, 5 miles to the north, 3 miles to the south, and 4 miles to the west.
read-and-go.hopto.org /London-words/Cockney.html   (869 words)

  
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Cockney is the dialect used in and around London.
Cockney is completely non-rhotic (the 'r' sound is lacking, particularly at the end of words) and has distinctive consonant and vowel sounds (apologies for the very rough and ready phonetic transcriptions, HTML doesn't support the phonetic script):
They are "between Cockney and the Queen" in the words of the headline in The Sunday Times.
web.tiscali.it /njross/cockneyintro.htm   (524 words)

  
 The Cockney Internet
Cockney isn't just rhyming slang (and most of the rhyming slang dictionaries I've seen are 80% invented, and would never be used by real Cockneys).
Cockney is only partly the famous rhyming slang.
There seems to be a widespread belief that Cockney rhyming slang was invented so that the police wouldn't understand what they were saying.
www.thevalkyrie.com /clubhouse/cockney/index.htm   (823 words)

  
 The Great Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel Story
The band signed for EMI and recorded their first album 'Cockney Rebel' later mentioned as 'The Human Menagerie' at the London Air Studios.
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel went to the States as a supporting act of the Kinks.
On the 1st of May 'New Musical Express' announced that Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel were back on vinyl and a single 'Irresistible' would-be out on the 28th of May with its B side 'Such Is Life', a song he played live in 1980.
steveharley.www.50megs.com /bio.html   (2909 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Cream of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: Music: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
This is a thorough compilation of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel's 1970s output.
Cockney Rebel's unique sound added much to the UK charts in the 1970s.
Since the first 2 (and best) Cockney Rebel albums aren't available on CD yet, this is your only option to get such great tunes as "Sebastian" and "The Psychomodo", and singles like "Judy Teen" and "Mr.
www.amazon.com /Cream-Steve-Harley-Cockney-Rebel/dp/B00000J1ZX   (943 words)

  
 Traditional Cockney Rhyming Slang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The object of Cockney rhyming slang was to use a language in which fellow Londoners could converse without letting on to an outsider what they were talking about.
Many of those who use her name were never even born at that time; and it is quite certain that my dad or his contemporaries had ever eaten or heard of a curry.
So, what follows is a short dictionary of cockney phrases that I have used or known to have been in popular use.
www.johnbarber.com /cockneyindex.html   (413 words)

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