You can't beat a proper local accent.
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Although I escaped from London 28 years ago, I still speak like a cockney, even when I try to speak propa, like :)
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A classic bit of cockney speak from an old Alas Smith & jones sketch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr2XOhgSVoY
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I remember that Perro. Great stuff.
I don't need no chewition on ah to prernahnce me words vo. Born wivin the sahnd er ver Bow Bells, an a bleedin parrot to boot, awrigh'?
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>> You are Dick Van Dyke.
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You mean Penis Van Lesbian?
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>> You are Dick Van Dyke
Oh tee hee...
For a really rubbish cockney accent, Marlene Dietrich is unbeatable.
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>> >> You are Dick Van Dyke
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>> Oh tee hee...
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>> For a really rubbish cockney accent, Marlene Dietrich is unbeatable.
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..or Jamie Oliver (real "Mockney" that is)
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I thought he was Essex, not Cockney??
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From Clavering where his parents still run a pub.
I wold have said he spoke Estuary English rather than Cockney.
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There's a lot worse than him about.
The Lad's done good.
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I'd sell my soul for his three kitchen house and his vegetable patch - probably the bestest ever!
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>> There's a lot worse than him about.
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>> The Lad's done good.
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You are correct, and do well to point that out.
I respect his cooking ability, and his success.
It's the fake accent that I hate. He puts it on. As usual, DYOR.
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>>He puts it on
Back about a million years ago when he did a 3 minute slot late at night on some naff C4 program, I'm sure I recall him still sounding like that.
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