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 ...
Full of creative and sometimes nonsensical expressions, historians have linked the emergence of Cockney to people trying to hide what they were saying from others, particularly the police.
Cockney traditionally includes rhyming slang ... I’m sure it was because she travelled far and wide, mixing with millions of people, that her accent softened and she spoke more like us.