The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place throughout ...

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I hope you’ve remembered it’s The Modern Cockney Festival this month (1-31 March). Would you Adam and Eve it? I forgot. That’s disappointing. But then again, I’m not cockney. We are all cockneys. Are ...

Two modern-day Pearly Queens who continue the Cockney tradition of leading fundraising activities across London An academic report has suggested the idea of "Cockney culture" could be used as a tool ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang.

An academic report has suggested the idea of "Cockney culture" could be used as a tool to fight prejudice. Sociolinguist Dr Chris Strelluf from the University of Warwick said people who speak ...

Sociolinguist Dr Chris Strelluf from the University of Warwick said people who speak non-standard English were subject to unjust stereotypes. He said: "Evaluating a language as good or bad, correct or ...