Accent and dialect of English spoken in London
Cockney is a dialect of the English language , mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle-class roots. The term Cockney is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End ,[1] [2] [3] or, traditionally, born within earshot of Bow Bells .[4] [5] [6]
Estuary English is an intermediate accent between Cockney and Received Pronunciation , also widely spoken in and around London, as well as in wider South Eastern England.[7] [8] [9] In multicultural areas of London, the Cockney dialect is, to an extent, being replaced by Multicultural London English —a new form of speech with significant Cockney influence.
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