A LONDONER Explains How to Speak COCKNEY (London accent)

If you plan to visit London, speak with Londoners understand TV shows and films set in London or characters from London then you need to understand the cockney. In this video everything will be explained by a London legend (ok, maybe not a legend, rather some geezer from London we found in the pub). You'll learn about the pronunciation, typical expressions and Cockney rhyming slang. Absolutely everything. And I ain't telling porkies neither.

Famous cockneys include: David Beckham, Adele, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Amy Winehouse,

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[JP-]

Me: "Help I'm lost"
Bloke: *explains directions using rhyming slang*
Me: "Help I'm lost on multiple levels."

[parsia]

"Say hello Bob." Bob: " Ellow" this was the best and funniest example of the accent.

[Tara-sfuu]

OMG. It makes so much sense now! When I was a kid, my mom remarried into a British family and my new step-grandad had the Cockney accent....I thought he was crazy! He would speak, and look at me expectantly, as if I was to answer him but I had no clue what he was saying! It seemed like a bunch of garbled mismatched words lmao ....I thought he had dementia! 🤭 Bless him, I bet he thought I was slow in the head too...😂

[jonemorgana]

I can’t tell you how much this video has helped me! I had to learn the cockney accent for an audition for “Sherlock Holmes” and because I rewatched and practiced with this video I got one of the lead roles! So thank you for doing what you do!!!

[SirMasi]

"Cockney uses rhyming slang"
Me: oh cool!
"Sometimes we drop the word that rhymes"
Me: 😳

[OdinzEinherjar]

It's not just an accent its a whole dialect.

[SatiDevi]

I'm going to England and now I'm scared people will talk to me like this.

[JBCavern]

Wow, I thought American urban English was tough. 🤣 This was hilarious! Thank you for posting this for us non-Cockney speakers.

[ChocolateGamer]

Damn I’m so high I really didn’t realize Bob was just himself with glasses smh. Quality acting my guy

[thefloridamanofytcomments]

Me: Excuse me, where can I get a hamburger around here?
Brit: oi mate u cannae get a blo’y right bleed innit bruv sik ya well lad
Me: Please I’m so hungry.

[zincwick]

I am a born and bred Londoner living in Canada for the past 39 years. I have never lost my London accent and cockney slang. Thanks for the refresher.

[parsleycrafts]

as a dnd player I often watch accent videos and I have to say this is the best accent video I have ever seen. you've made my cockney adventurer even better than they already are

[woundedhealer]

I'm not British, but lived in London for 3 years. I always Loved the Cockney accent, especially "innit" and "alright, luv?" :) will always remember London so fondly.

[salehalharthi]

I have been studying English for almost ten years now, yet I think after this video, I need another ten.

[distrologic]

"Lemon and lime have nothing to do with time, its all about the rhyme."
What am I watching

[normfredriksen]

As an American I can understand most accents of English. We have a lot of them here on this side of the pond. I can even understand them when the speaker is three sheets to the wind, but there is one accent that perplexed me.
I found myself sitting next to a dockworker from Liverpool in a bar in Medan, Sumatra back in the late 70's. He was well into his cups when he initiated conversation and for the life of me I couldn't understand a word he was saying. All I could do was nod at what seemed to be the appropriate times..

[Whiteout]

Never understood why my British dad (I'm American) called his cell a dog and bone until now never bothered to ask just assumed it had to do with it rhyming and he thought he was being funny. I'm 23 and I'm sorry dad you're not actually crazy...

[williamrandle]

I remember being confused for ages as a child when I asked my Grandad about his dad and he told me was "Brown bread" 😂

[paul-pablo]

I'm italian and now I'm really confused.
The third level is absurd.

[livingstranger]

I would imagine the Cockney accent got it’s prideful exuberance from the early 80’s British punk rock scene.