Alfie and Kat from the BBC soap, Eastenders. Yvonne and Alice discuss a type of English called Cockney that some people speak in East London. In this programme, they listen to some examples of Cockney ...

The King's English and Cockney are no longer common dialects among young people in the South East of England, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Essex studied the dialects of ...

The Cockney accent is one of the most recognizable styles in British English, known for its unique pronunciation, rhythm, and expressions. This video explores what defines the Cockney accent, how it ...

Compared to what the U.K. receives by way of American pop culture, the U.S. gets a fairly limited view of what British folk are actually like. As far as movies and TV go, the three most common ...

Cockney sayings traditionally include rhyming slang — with the Queen called Baked Bean, for instance THE late Queen sounded increasingly Cockney through her 70-year reign, according to research.

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 'one of ...

We ended last week’s column with the Yiddish expression plotkes, loksh, boydem, politsa, “crappies, noodles, attic, shelf,” or alternately, loksh, boydem, politsa or boydem mit politsa, in the sense ...

Amanda Cole received funding from the University of Essex Doctoral Scholarship as well as ESSEXLab seedcorn funding. Or maybe you think of Dame Barbara Windsor, who died on December 9. She was a ...

Compared to what the U.K. receives by way of American pop culture, the U.S. gets a fairly limited view of what British folk are actually like. As far as movies and TV go, the three most common ...