| 单词 | cockney |
| 例句 | There was a cockney knight called Sir Mdiagrance, who had never been happy at court. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It may have been the Maying, or the compliment which the cockney Knight had paid her, or some premonition such as comes to women before their joy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But there, in the Conqueror’s tower, a constant ebb and flow of cockneys would be livening the frost. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The cockney accent had disappeared; Winston suddenly realized whose voice it was that he had heard a few moments ago on the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “She was just a cockney in a nice dress. Until she believed in herself. Then it didn’t matter what dress she wore.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Wolfman beats his chest and bounds into the streets of Olde London, taking a tour of the sights and eviscerating a few dozen cockneys along the way. The Wolfman: Del Toro and Hopkins sink their teeth into each other 2010-07-13T12:08:00Z To me, cockney is a state of being and a relationship to existence. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z Even better, he adds about this song, “In the admittedly narrow niche of pseudopsychedelic cockney music-hall children’s songs, it reigns supreme.” Books of The Times: David Bowie, the Cool Chameleon From Mars 2011-07-21T22:10:17Z He’s almost certainly a cockney, but perhaps he’s got a Welsh grandparent or something. Ranking the accents of Tom Hardy: cockney, Welsh, or unintelligible? 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Her accent – a mixture of patois, cockney, American and German – summed up her transient lifestyle. Ari Up obituary 2010-10-21T17:49:00Z Research has also found that Glaswegians who are fans of the soap opera "EastEnders" are more likely to speak with elements of a cockney accent. Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing a working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z I don't like plays sentimentalised by melody, or cockneys singing with arms akimbo, or women being charmed by bullies. My Fair Lady; The Dance of Death; Midnight's Pumpkin – review 2012-12-23T00:09:26Z We were treated to some stereo'd cockney from Keith in the control room, as he counted the group to start with "One, two, free." The Who: 'I shall stay home and pick nuts out of me cavities' – a special Christmas interview from the vaults 2012-12-24T09:00:00Z There are many types of cinematic cockney – they're not merely one-dimensional east Londoners, born with rhyming dictionaries stored away in their loaves of bread. Clip joint: cockneys 2013-06-26T10:50:38Z From there, of course, the cockney would illuminate many of British cinema's finest moments – chief among them the films of Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone. Cream of the cockney crop 2011-07-15T11:26:26Z His success is deserved, even if this gangly, cheeky cockney is far from the finished article. An Audience with Imran Yusuf 2010-08-27T14:22:00Z Of all the cockneys on the list, Helena Bonham Carter is probably the least familiar with a plate of jellied eels, being the great-granddaughter of former prime minister Herbert H Asquith. Clip joint: cockneys 2013-06-26T10:50:38Z Dressed in a regulation adolescent ensemble of black skinny jeans, stripes, hoodie and a wristful of beads, her cockney vowels spiral around the room, intermittently punctuated by nervous giggles. Ami Metcalf on Walking And Talking like Kathy Burke 2012-06-22T23:01:00Z Speaking afterwards, he said: “I appreciate this opportunity to apologise to the members of Bafta for inflicting on them the most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema.” Cor blimey! Dick Van Dyke sorry for 'atrocious cockney accent' in Mary Poppins 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Here in the UK, the private pool is entirely exotic, a fantasy belonging to rock stars and retired cockney gangsters on the Costa del Sol. Clip joint: swimming pools 2010-09-08T15:58:00Z With Sellers having ascended to full-blown stardom, it wouldn't be long before the cockney didn't even have to make jokes to claim top billing. Cream of the cockney crop 2011-07-15T11:26:26Z "It's all white cockney films or black urban films, isn't it?" Why we're watching: Ed Skrein 2012-06-09T23:08:04Z The introduction of that shrewd cockney character in the fourth installment turns “The Pickwick Papers” from a commercial disappointment into an unprecedented success. ‘Death and Mr. Pickwick’ asks if Dickens stole his famous first novel 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “The David Hemmings character was a polite composite of the group of mostly foul-mouthed cockney lads Bailey was part of,” said the photographer Eric Boman, who met him around this time. Photography: Photographer Who Broke Molds 2011-01-24T12:30:05Z Flats are reached by broad balconies, following its architects' theory that they would be "streets in the air", places where the lively street life of the cockney city would be replicated. Robin Hood Gardens: You're making a big mistake... 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z Scripted by Harold Pinter, this tells the story of an upper-class young man who hires a cockney valet to run his townhouse. Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words; Dance GB: The Olympic Project – review 2012-07-14T23:05:34Z Now 60, she remains a one-name wonder with a joyous laugh, a gift for chat and a home girl cockney accent. Twiggy: `It could have gone terribly wrong' 2010-03-29T20:25:00Z Juliet Stevenson brings her lovely low voice and grace to the narration, ranging easily in accent through Britain’s social classes, from plummy British consul, clipped headmistress, refined Miss Benson down to Enid, a feisty cockney. Review | When these animals talk, listen: Audiobooks give voice to a cat, a horse, a sheep and others 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The dwarves have various British regional brogues, mainly Celtic; the trolls speak comic cockney; the elves, largely played by Australian actors, stick to standard English. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – review 2012-12-16T00:05:40Z “Someone should have told me I needed to work on my cockney accent,” he told The Guardian last week. Dick Van Dyke Will Appear in ‘Mary Poppins’ Sequel 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He was part of a group which gathered around William Blake, the elderly cockney seer who had spent a lifetime pursuing his vision of a new Jerusalem. Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer by Rachel Campbell-Johnston - review 2011-07-15T21:55:04Z While such ingenious literalism possesses its own quirky appeal, it also reveals the elusive quicksilver nature of cockney identity. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z He is very funny, knows a lot about the crown court and speaks rapidly in an accent that shifts between Jamaican patois and traditional cockney, depending on who he’s talking to. A month of meaningful conversation: my quest to befriend a new person every day 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The parade of oddballs, foreign news presenters, folk singers and cockney eco-warriors whizzed past like the conveyor-belt prizes on The Generation Game. The Fast Show returns! Here are six of the best sketches 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It's a pity he sometimes comes across as more cocky than cockney. Me and My Girl ? review 2010-12-21T21:29:00Z Fifteen months after it disappeared into the implausible cockney ether, TV's least comprehensible crime drama returns for another three-part series. Whitechapel returns to take on the Krays 2010-10-11T12:07:00Z He might be a cockney, or he might be Welsh, or he might be from Liverpool, or he might be from Newcastle, or he might be German. The Gentlemen trailer – how ridiculous can Guy Ritchie's new movie get? 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Isaac's aptitude for swimming between comedy and drama gets a workout in these scenes, which he carries off with enough aplomb to compensate for his, shall we say, questionable cockney accent. With the sleepy "Moon Knight," come for the MCU, but stay for Oscar Isaac's dodgy cockney accent 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z He was a remarkably modest man, a physically large and powerful presence with the build of a bespectacled wrestler, sometimes wearing his hair in a ponytail and with a cockney growl of a voice. Jim Goddard 2013-06-27T14:51:28Z It is there that they must await further orders from their sinister cockney boss, Harry, played with a variety of quaint glottal stops and Pinteresque menace by Fiennes. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The most eccentric aspect of the piece is the way Knightley's accent lurches from posh to cockney. Brave new world dominated by Pixar 2012-06-26T10:02:12Z Boyle’s scenes with father Draco, portrayed by Alex Price as a swaggering cockney, mirror those between Albus and Harry, and build to their own moving conclusion. Review: 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Works Serious Magic 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z He was always exuberant and cheerful and a natural crowd-pleaser – cockney quiff, white tuxedo and all. Kenny Ball 2013-03-07T17:31:53Z The film ploughed a similar cockney criminal furrow, adding in a jewel heist, Mike Reid, and Brad Pitt with a dodgy Irish traveller accent. Jason Statham: five best moments 2013-06-28T15:03:32Z Being a cockney is not simply about being born within earshot of Bow bells. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z Out comes the demon, cackling and taunting in a fiendish, guttural voice, like a cockney Tom Waits. In Praise of Patrick Wilson, Scream King 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Yet cockney offers the only authentic piece of vocabulary we have to describe the indigenous working class culture of east London and, as such, its usage is commonly a measure of their standing. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z She's committed to beauty through being this extraordinary singer, cockney accent, but also exquisite voice. George Orwell stopped and smelled the roses, and Rebecca Solnit wants modern people to do the same 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Photograph: Laurence CendrowiczCendrowicz This was the year a heartwarming about slimy, crying heads bursting through cockney women's ha'pennies became a mainstream hit. 2012: a bumper year for homegrown TV 2012-12-29T00:07:11Z "There's a certain beauty to his voice," he says, in perfect Hitchcock – a singular mix of cockney, Californian and received pronunciation, delivered as if slightly drunk and sucking a Murray mint. Toby Jones: dial H for Hitchcock 2012-12-09T18:59:01Z By the 1970s other TV producers had picked up on her popular blonde, cockney persona. Pat Ashton obituary 2013-06-23T17:44:54Z It is an equivocation about the status of the cockney that persists to this day. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z He also said he was completely unaware during the shoot that anything was wrong with his attempted cockney accent. Cor blimey! Dick Van Dyke sorry for 'atrocious cockney accent' in Mary Poppins 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z And rather like the Frank Harris book with sex, it’s a very direct window into cockney culture at that time, unmediated by the requirement to fulfil the expectations of bourgeois culture. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z Headey, who speaks a kind of metropolitan RP spiced up with Yorkshire vowels, cockney glottal stops and Californian grammar, swears liberally and enthusiastically. Lena Headey: ‘I wanted a better death for Cersei’ 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z In a manner that Sartarelli's English translations capture through use of cockney and other dialects, the Montalbano novels are written in a combination of traditional Italian and the Sicilian tongue. Andrea Camilleri: a life in writing 2012-07-06T21:55:16Z He said he was absolutely fascinated by the working class, particularly cockney Englishmen and their language, which he had never encountered before. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z Hepburn went on to play an annoying cockney flower girl in My Fair Lady. Audrey Hepburn: an iconic problem 2011-01-20T21:30:02Z A cockney he wasn't, though he played mainly working-class characters throughout his career. Richard Attenborough obituary 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Rhyming slang is the braggadocio of the cockney, a flowering of the wit and theatre of street trading, while pies and mash and jellied eels are the cuisine of choice. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z You want stiff-lipped men in bowler hats and cheeky cockneys with their thumbs on their waistcoats and fish on their heads. Art Review: ‘London Street Photography’ at Museum of the City of New York 2012-07-26T22:56:22Z To prove this, here are five different types of cockney. Clip joint: cockneys 2013-06-26T10:50:38Z “Not a lot feels instantaneous about it,” Mr. O’Connell said, in his thick cockney accent. Teyonah Parris, Katherine Waterston and Others Break Through 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Her vocal dropped a few registers, cockney giving way to a mid-Atlantic burr. Laura Marling: 'Americans – they're just a lot more poetic' 2013-04-27T23:04:02Z Uncle Tom was keen Bill should be made to listen to his chirpy cockney accent, which he claimed he didn’t have. My father paid four times his weekly wage for the greatest gift of my life 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Draco Malfoy rocks a man bun: Harry’s ultimate ‘frenemy’ has grown into a proper cockney hard man in the past 19 years. 6 Things You Can Only Learn From Seeing the 'Harry Potter' Play 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z It's a distinctive voice, hard cockney in Greenwich Village, but nobody turns from the window. The girl with the mighty mouth 2011-03-27T00:02:01Z Her cockney accent does nothing to soften the fact that she's not one for airs and graces. How Adele conquered the world 2011-04-05T23:05:05Z Underneath that cockney persona, she figured out how to use story-telling, lived experience and memory to draw political parallels. Gilda O'Neill obituary 2010-10-06T17:06:00Z A platinum-and-persimmon-haired singer-songwriter and native of Hackney — with the cockney accent to show for it — Ms. Faith, 27, is stopped by fans every few paces. Snapshot: Paloma Faith Releases ‘Fall to Grace’ in America 2012-11-29T15:22:41Z In this strange book, he went out on the streets in the early 1900s, watched cockney kids playing and wrote it all down. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z The director always claimed to have a cockney sense of mischief, which Merton relates to. The Great Offices of State | Wallander | Paul Merton Looks At Alfred Hitchcock | Enid | Wonders of the Solar System and more | Watch this 2010-03-27T06:45:00Z He does impressions of Gary Oldman's cockney thug in the film just screened, and quotes favoured Philip Roth passages that acclaim New York, his indefinite home town. Martin Amis: a new chapter in America 2012-06-02T23:04:03Z Dance puts on a cockney accent as he recalls the stranger saying: “You’ve got this great death scene!” Charles Dance: 'Thank God the BBC didn't make Game of Thrones' 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z With Cockney Translation I was a black man talking cockney. From pop star to chiropractor: musicians' post-musical careers 2010-09-23T21:29:00Z I didn't know about his cockney accent, though. The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution – review 2013-04-26T22:30:01Z "I'm not a forger," she says, arguing that she's different from, say, the notorious cockney forger Tom Keating, who avoided jail even after admitting to painting 2,000 fakes of old masters. How easy is it to copy a famous painting? 2013-07-22T07:00:09Z American audiences can also indulge in an array of cockney accents and references to the National Health Service – the mention of the latter earned applause from The New York Times Center audience. PBS seeks Downton-esque Brit hit with Call the Midwife and Mr Selfridge 2013-03-29T17:04:00Z Ever since, Cooper has been known affectionately as Our 'Enry, as this is how the cockney pugilist might pronounce his own nickname, were he to try. Jerusalem: the British slang explained 2010-06-17T15:57:00Z Let's celebrate the commercial nous, the independence of spirit and the egalitarianism of the cockney – because, God knows, we need them now. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z Thus the three villains on display last week were a macho Arab, an inscrutable psychopath and a cockney gangster-turned-businessman, holding their faces in such ways as to convey, respectively, machismo, psychopathy, and tasty geezerness. Rewind TV: Hunted; Monroe; Arena: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour; Best Possible Taste: the Kenny Everett Story; Exposure: the Other Side of Jimmy Savile; Welcome to India – review 2012-10-06T23:05:46Z Her search for the festive spirit is set to continue at London's Borough Market, where she hopes to see "cockney people pushing barrows". Radio review: Janice Long 2010-12-22T08:00:01Z Now Guy Ritchie brings us a version in which cheeky cockney tyke Arthur biffs his way through the entire cast of Game of Thrones in a suspiciously mega-populated version of dark ages Britain. Sci-fi and superheroes in 2017: can Luke Skywalker save us from Hollywood's bleak year ahead? 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z If there is a structural weakness with any My Fair Lady production, it's that the cockneys get all the best numbers. Prom 2: My Fair Lady/John Wilson Orchestra – review 2012-07-15T13:25:08Z Evans' production takes a little while to catch alight – there is plenty of strenuous cockney capering – but its emotional texture gradually reveals itself with a sly, almost shy, power. My Fair Lady – review 2012-12-19T13:14:23Z Smiley united the cockney with the Jamaican patois. Smiley Culture remembered by Dennis Bovell and David Rodigan 2011-03-16T14:14:12Z A tall, gentle man with kind eyes, he talks rapidly in a cockney accent not unlike Michael Caine’s. 'I haven’t seen a healthy version of marriage': children of divorce on the lasting impact 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The British import is chock full of cockney accents, a way of speaking that can be difficult to understand because it tends to soften consonants and blur words together. ‘Matilda’ complaints reflect Kennedy Center’s acoustic issues 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z For one, the soldiers thought my mother's cockney accent was just as swell as some well-bred girl from Sloan Square. In a time of adversity, the bone-deep appeal of bone broth moves through mother to daughter 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Jemima Rooper is a winner as the cockney Cinderella who decides that she does want to go to the ball after all. Me and My Girl ? review 2010-12-21T21:29:00Z But in the more than one thousand interviews I have undertaken in east London, I have never come across any of the feckless cockneys of popular lore. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z Asked to sing Take That's Rule The World in Italian with a cockney accent, she duly obliges. Rule The World? 2010-05-11T08:02:00Z His good sense and modesty took Vidal to the Old Vic, where he asked them to modify his cockney voice. Vidal Sassoon remembered by Mary Quant 2012-12-22T22:30:01Z To me, the cockney embodies this quality as one who has the moral courage and wit to invent a means of living out of nothing, creating employment for themselves and others. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z To tell the story of the cockney is to recount the history of poverty in the East End, yet I recognise a parallel history of resourcefulness that is a definitive trait of the region. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z "Just a few dead flowers to make you feel better," she vamped in a cockney accent not unlike her Mrs. Lovett character from "Sweeney Todd." Angela Lansbury's spirit and star power burn as bright as ever 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z "It's the Caribbean heritage mixed with the American influence, and then it's the cockney," says Omar. UK soul: the sound of the Union 2011-07-07T19:59:00Z A few of the characters’ cockney accents are so thick as to be virtually unintelligible. | 'London Boulevard': ?London Boulevard,? With Colin Farrell - Review 2011-11-11T00:07:02Z Christian Bale will return as Batman, of course, and Michael Caine will once again be on hand with timely morsels of pithy cockney wisdom as butler Alfred. Which Batwoman will make the Dark Knight rise? 2011-01-13T14:36:12Z "Multicultural London English is a relatively more recent accent, it is thought to have be around since the 80s, it has a lot in common with the cockney and South Eastern dialects," she said. Cockney and King's English becoming less common, researchers find 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z They believe the cockney identity is still thriving but has evolved. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z These objectives earn you special “spinel” jewels to trade for rare items from the iconic undead merchant, who this time has an even heavier, cartoonish cockney accent. Review | The remake of ‘Resident Evil 4’ is like reliving a cherished memory 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Sensing Leslie had talent as an actor, she sent him to the Italia Conti theatre school to have his broad cockney accent transformed. Leslie Phillips obituary: The comedy Casanova who made it to Hogwarts 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The film subplot is lifted directly from “Singin’ in the Rain,” as it turns out Miss Dalgleish’s unrefined cockney accent might prevent her from transitioning to the new world of the “talkies.” ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ review: A throwback in more ways than one 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? Cockney and King's English becoming less common, researchers find 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z While there are some similarities with cockney, MLE is also influenced by languages from across the world. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z At the top of the segment, Minaj randomly slipped into a cockney accent, prompting a befuddled Corden, who is British, to tell her that she sounded like the Tottenham-bred “Easy on Me” singer. Nicki Minaj is the Adele impersonator you didn't know you needed on 'Carpool Karaoke' 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Within days, it started racking up views on YouTube, while people sought to find out more about these two retired grandads and their blend of modern day and traditional cockney slang. Pete & Bas: The grandfathers of UK drill 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z “I wanted to be one of the dancing cockneys,” Nesbitt said. Clark E. Nesbitt on striving for theater inclusivity 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z The teachers took their turn in trying to iron out her cockney accent but all failed. Obituary: Barbara Windsor 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z What perhaps no-one could have seen coming, though, was that the traditional cockney accent might establish a stronghold outside London. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Ms Crofts said: “People usually associate Cary with being a star persona but he also played a lot of working-class characters, usually with a terrible cockney accent instead of his original Bristol accent.” Cary Grant's Bristol roots explored in online festival 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The oldest of four brothers, Jonathan Henry Sacks was born March 9, 1948, in Lambeth, east London, where a strong Jewish community lived alongside the area’s English “cockney” population. Jonathan Sacks, influential chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, dies at 72 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Noble, surprisingly playing at the highest point of midfield, was looking like a cockney De Bruyne. Norwich relegated from Premier League as West Ham's Antonio hits four 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Her mother, Rose, had great ambitions for her, paying for elocution lessons in an attempt to lose her cockney accent and move her up the social ladder. Obituary: Barbara Windsor 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z "I had this idea in my head that cockney is not dead, it's just moved to Essex," she says. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway hit about an English professor who teaches a cockney merchant to be a lady. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 1: 'Seven Days in May' on TCM and more 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Professor Henry Higgins bets he can teach a cockney flower girl how to speak and act like a duchess. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020: 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' and more 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z A cockney ne’er-do-well’s dying mother guides him in World War II London. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “He’s not the Messiah,” she snarls in a cockney accent. Monty Python comedy star Terry Jones dies at 77 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z "My feeling was that there was a real enclave of cockney; just anecdotally, I felt there was a lot of cockney spoken by young people." Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z In the crystal ball of my mind, Australian boat people flounder in the channel in cork-decorated hats, and sunburnt cockneys scrabble at the recently fortified Scottish border for the last of the Highland Spring. I’m seeing stars… but thanks to Elon Musk, not for much longer | Stewart Lee 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z “She was there. Mum is very committed, very professional. She’s not one of those in-and-outs,” he says jovially, suddenly sounding very cockney. Alfie Allen: ‘The only competition on Game Of Thrones was over who had the best six-pack’ 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z The influences are vast and reflect the range of sounds and cultures that raised a generation of black British kids – Hus flits between pidgin English, patois and even cockney. Did you see what I done? How J Hus became the voice of young black Britain 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Wavering between plummy and cockney, Farrow’s English accent wanders from upstairs to downstairs and never finds a place to sit. Catch and Kill: how convincing are Ronan Farrow's surprising audiobook accents? 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Before the cockney influx, she points out, an Essex accent was typically more rural-sounding - similar to the way people speak in Suffolk and Norfolk. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z But if Minaj is indeed hanging up her wigs and costumes, she’ll be remembered for her strange adoption of British cockney rhyming slang by way of Queens, New York. Nicki Minaj says she is retiring from music 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But the mention of Bowie will occasionally cause the 81-year-old’s hoarse cockney drawl to soften and lighten up with enthusiasm. Terry O'Neill on his best Bowie shoots: 'David never needed coaxing' 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “The treatment of Chim Chim Cher-ee kills the song completely. Instead of being bright and gay the song becomes a sad ballad. The singer is a cockney type but not outstanding enough.” 'Devoid of personality': BBC tells story of David Bowie's faltering early career 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The BBC famously rejected the star for its talent selection group after this performance, describing him as "a cockney chap, but not outstanding enough" and "devoid of personality". Ziggy Stardust's TV debut finally found 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The way people across the generations speak today in Debden and elsewhere in Essex, Dr Cole concluded, meant her theory was indeed correct: the cockney accent is alive and thriving there. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z That he, a Puerto Rican American, has been cast as a cockney lamplighter in a mainstream Disney film is testament to his success at promoting colour-blind casting. Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘A Trump musical? I don't know how to score that yet’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z “I wouldn’t mind betting it would be an unknown, young, English – London, cockney – actress who looks a bit like Amy,” he said. Amy Winehouse family signs deal to make biopic 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Known for their rock and cockney style, Chas and Dave enjoyed the height of their fame in the 1970s and 1980s with hits such as Rabbit and Snooker Loopy. Dave pays tribute to bandmate Chas 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Every August 31st, that window closes, leaving teams scrambling for last-minute deals while Adam Schefter with a cockney accent is propped up in front of a TV camera for 24 straight hours. Decoding the various (and very British) oddities of the Premier League - Golf Digest 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z As to the question of whether these younger Essex dwellers can be defined as cockneys, Dr Cole says that is not how they perceive themselves. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z This was mostly because of the brilliant conversations I had with my supervisor, Simon, who was three or four years older, and had a cool, cockney, Danny Dyer-type demeanour. ‘We took acid and got scared of the pillowcases’: what we learned from our holiday jobs 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z A musical was involved, and not just any musical — “My Fair Lady,” the American blockbuster about the caustic British phoneticist and the cockney flower seller. A Broadway Footnote: The American in ‘My Fair Lady’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Its wry tone and story, about a swaggering, coldhearted cockney Lothario who works as a chauffeur for the rich, appealed to Mr. Gilbert. Lewis Gilbert, director of James Bond movies and Michael Caine hit ‘Alfie,’ dies at 97 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z She is also credited with coaching Barbra Streisand on how to speak with a cockney accent for her film On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, despite being a Dublin native, her family said. Corrie actress Doreen Keogh dies at 91 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The discussion about whether cockney speakers are a dying breed, or have merely hopped across the border to Essex, is always likely to be a source of disagreement. Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z He might, quite frankly, be pulling our legs with his cockney gibberish. In the harvest season, life is in the kitchen. I could walk from house to house, stirring things 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Then I heard this booming cockney voice shouting out my name. 'Why I'm Charles Bronson's wife-to-be' 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Here, suddenly, was Trump attempting to placate Hispanic voters in a plummy British luvvie voice, or firing broadsides at Hillary as a cockney hardman. Pop goes Trump! The artists, comedians and meme-makers deflating the Donald 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Her inflections are the product of London's inner-city multicultural melting pot, which has morphed the traditional cockney diction into a one-size-fits-all urban patois. Adele: The full story - BBC News 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z For them, the cockney speakers of Essex have a crucial qualifying characteristic - their cultural and socioeconomical alignment with the "common Londoner". Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Bloom said; her own English accent had more cockney in it. Rachel Bloom’s Twisted Comedy 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Bowie is speaking the lingua franca of showbiz cockney again and it’s not dissimilar from … 7. 20 Bowie songs you don’t know - but should 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z He discovered her singing for her supper on the streets of Montmartre, and she often sang in a Bellevilloise argot apparently not dissimilar to a Parisian version of old cockney. Edith Piaf at 100: the singer who defined Parisian courage 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z He's a plain-speaking cockney who explains environmental issues in simple terms. Is there a danger to environmental jargon? - BBC News 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z And the idea that cockney status should be conferred only on those born within the sound of the bells of Mary-le-Bow Church? Do you need to be from London to be a cockney? 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z At the audition, I read from Shakespeare’s Pericles in a cockney accent, standing on a chair like a market trader, followed by a speech from Arnold Wesker’s Chips With Everything. Steve Coogan: 'It took me a long time to face up to my addiction' 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z You’re sitting in a garage with a cockney thug in front of you. Sony's New Morpheus VR Demo Is The Real Deal 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The star, who grew up in Canning Town, east London, also told Ross he changes his EastEnders' scripts - adding more cockney rhyming slang. Danny Dyer: Game of Thrones turned me down three times 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Even Rebel Wilson, playing a saucy, cockney counterpart to Ben Stiller’s American museum guard Larry Daley, isn’t enough to shock the patient back to life. ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’ movie review: Ben Stiller returns for the tablet — and your cash 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Historically, taxi driving has been a white working-class industry, dominated by East Londoners: first, the Irish, and later, cockneys and Jews. The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z "He probably has a foreign language background but it sounds like multicultural London English, which is people from all kinds of backgrounds who mix in the East End, a new kind of cockney," he said. British Isis militant in James Foley video 'guards foreign hostages in Syria' 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z What is it about Britain and our cheeky-chappy cockney bad guys? Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs dies 2013-12-18T12:38:57Z "There's a couple of cockneys knocking about. There's a couple of chimney sweeps too. I've seen them." Danny Dyer: Game of Thrones turned me down three times 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z I think the United lads thought I was a flash cockney. 'I hated Gary Neville the first time I saw him' 2013-12-02T15:29:30Z They named their brewery Beavertown as this is the old cockney name given to its location - De Beauvoir Town - which was famed across Victorian London for its local breweries and ale houses. Breweries in real ale renaissance 2012-12-27T06:00:14Z Would there not be something to be said for a world in which Liverpool were mainly scouse, West Ham mainly cockneys or PSG mainly Parisian? Zenit St Petersburg take first confused steps away from prejudice 2012-12-19T11:28:26Z Nothing to worry about – until someone tried to get a chant of "Hitler was a cockney" going. Antisemitic chants are sickening – and West Ham fans must show they care 2012-11-26T14:51:11Z "I'll put in a word for you as long as you lose the cockney accent." Danny Dyer: Game of Thrones turned me down three times 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Long held to have its origins in obscure cockney rhyming slang, recent tales have emerged placing it much closer to home. It's Craig Levein's jacksie that needs kicking 2012-10-13T23:07:29Z They call it the London Array but there are few cockney accents to be heard. The world-leading UK windfarm built with little British involvement 2012-10-02T13:13:36Z Want to listen to U.S. athletes try to talk in a cockney accent? How to Keep Up with the Live-Streamed, Live-Tweeted 'Smart Olympics' 2012-07-30T19:35:31Z When we think of the music of London, we might think first of Chas & Dave and bawdy cockney singalongs, or the fury of the Sex Pistols, or the intoxicating energy of the Jam. London's unique and glorious music scene is unlike any other city's 2012-07-26T19:30:00Z The confusion is heightened by the fact that "ta tas" are to Americans what "Bristols" are to cockneys. London 2012: breaking the language barrier 2012-07-16T19:00:13Z Tommy Flowers was known as "the clever cockney"; it wasn't just Oxbridge dons who helped win the war and shorten it, according to Eisenhower, by two years. Letters: Code-breaking was a collective effort 2012-06-27T20:00:03Z The New York cockney, devoted to his cult of the modern—hotels, baths, caf�s and luxurious theatres—soon wearies of Rome. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Perhaps you’ve noticed that I myself speak with a slight cockney accent. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The first appearance of two specimens of this variety of the immature medico in the humorous pages of the “Pickwick Papers” is described as follows in the low cockney vernacular of Sam Weller. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Foreigners have an expectation that people hailing from all corners of the British Isles converse in cockney rhyming slang. London 2012: breaking the language barrier 2012-07-16T19:00:13Z Dorothy did not think this remark particularly amusing; there was quite enough genuine cockney to be endured on the stage without having to listen to an exaggerated imitation of it in Bond Street. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Is there any special charm in new Phalerum, bare of trees, a little cockney of aspect, any exceptional beauty in this bay? The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The Treacherites were two young men with pimply faces who swaggered into church and talked to one another loudly before the service began, commenting upon the ornaments with cockney facetiousness. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z He had the look of a man whose original rustic stolidity had been supercharged with cockney cunning. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z People born within the sound of BowÐbells are usually called cockneys. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A slight tendency which he had formerly had toward a cockney accent had been checked by an elocutionist who had imprisoned his voice in his throat, whence it was never allowed to stray. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z It was, "Well, Mrs. Marjoram, and so the donkey is better," or, "Now, Johnny, get along home to your mother," or, "How are you, daddy?" in the high-pitched key so trying to the cockney's ear. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z That’s why you meet me in Tetuan, for I dare not go back to England lest the first cockney voice I hear may kill my determination, and I really am longing to marry her. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The tomb of Nero is on one side of the road, before crossing the Tiber, and on the other a newly painted and staring restaurant, where the modern Roman cockneys drive for punch and ices. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Such was the cockney's advice; and it was sincere, too, for the pert little man really believed there was nothing in the world more "highly respectable" than that morsel of vanity—himself! Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Q: What is harder to understand, the American accent or cockney? Live chat with Sounders FC announcer Ross Fletcher 2012-03-09T03:35:04Z The show of gayety was as little successful as the attempt of a shivering cockney to look comfortable in his brand-new kilt. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z I once suffered from that kind of vivisection myself, though I never had a cockney accent. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z He has not a particle of the cockney drawl, half Irish and half Scotch, with which many Englishmen speak. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Diggory Lawson completed his journey, but returned to London with a complete mental nausea of the cockney's plan for making him into a gentleman. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z There are those who believe that true Londoners are cockneys, and to be one of those you must be born within earshot of Bow Bells. The Changing Population and Nativism of London in 2012 2012-03-01T22:03:40Z At the trial, which ended with his acquittal, Redknapp argued that he had originally come under suspicion because his name was Harry and he had a cockney accent. Harry Redknapp: the people's manager 2012-02-12T00:06:48Z At 64, with that cockney geezer accent, Harry may seem old-school football. Old-school charm and new-school nous make Harry Redknapp England's No1 2012-02-11T22:58:01Z Somehow only those to the manner born seem able to acquire or imitate the strong combination of London cockney and African rhythm. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z But these were the only variations from the life of a 'cockney convaincu,' as he admitted himself to be. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z And, apparently, she had all the practical virtues that could make up for her abominable cockney accent and for the name of 'Enrietter, by which she introduced herself. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z If Redknapp accepts the job that will almost certainly be offered, he may yet match or even surpass the achievements of those two and remind the world that cockneys are not just wide boys. Harry Redknapp: the people's manager 2012-02-12T00:06:48Z Her attempt at aping fashionable London manners ends up in a scene with upper class, rural and cockney accents all mangled into one, along with a dash of something that sounds like Jamaican patois. Greedy Matron Frolics, Cavalier Swaggers, Mozart: London Stage 2012-02-03T01:36:08Z Martin reassured her, with a touch of patronage in his tone, which a cockney deficiency of aspirates made singularly unpalatable. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z I am at least now a thoroughly naturalised Londoner—a cockney "convaincu." The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Twenty-five, with an excellent record, nice-mannered and good-looking, but the unfortunate possessor of a cockney accent of remarkably pungency. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z What beets! what carrots, for the cockney market! Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Stokes was one of the celebrated old-fashioned London characters, as well known to cockneys of that period as Billy Waters or the negro crossing-sweeper at the foot of Ludgate Hill. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z “What a fuss the cockneys make about Shelley just now, surely not worth Keats’ little finger,” he wrote on another occasion. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z "Why, if it ain't Joe!" came from Sam heartily, in his well-known bellowing tones, while the ineradicable cockney accent was obviously there; in fact, it was an accent of which Sam was proud. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z They didn’t know I had grown up with a cockney accent and had to get rid of it.” John Neville, Shakespearean Actor, Dies at 86 2011-11-22T03:23:52Z He talks English with a cockney accent, not invariably dropping his aitches, but only now and then. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Small sympathy had he for domestic life or sentiment even in their best aspects, and this virtuous, slipshod, cockney Bohemianism had no attraction for him whatever. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z In particular, he was very severe on anything he called “cockney,” speaking, that is, the language of the town, not of the country; in other words, dealing with nature and human nature at second-hand. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Indeed, it must be admitted that this cockney settler, who had come from London and done so well in the Dominion, had proved himself more than astute. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The country here is what a cockney would term a mountainous one, and in some parts of it even a Scotchman would feel inclined to agree with him. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The girl's cockney accent, her made-up face, her cheap, smart clothes were noticed by him for the first time. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z The swart “cockney” is a resurgence of the primitive Mediterranean stock, and is probably a faithful replica of his ancestors of Neolithic times. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z And again: “I always said he must be a cockney, and now I find he is Camberwell-born— It once was the Pastoral cockney, It now is the cockney Profound.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z For the most part these shipwrecked cockneys were grateful to Daisy, and they never tired of watching the milk spurt musically into the bright pail beneath her. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z But in later times, when the auld laird got aulder still, cockneys came, and they were no sae particular, and one day an English body hooked and brought the pike on shore. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z There was, however, something kind, and even a little sweet about her English cockney face and shrewd eyes. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z He was a cockney of the rankest kind and it dulled the edge of his isolation to know that he was not entirely cut off from the world. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z "I love the smell of dead cheerleader in the morning," he whines in a cockney accent. Gamescom 2011: Lollipop Chainsaw ? preview 2011-08-22T13:10:00Z It was an endeavour to vaunt her own superiority, and Fenton Street, despite its cockney good-nature, found it impossible to forgive what it regarded as "swank". Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Mr. Guthrie has caught the cockney in the very act of cockneyism, and he has here pilloried him for all time, but wholly without bitterness or rancor. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z He decided on The Albert, as a shortened version of Albert Hall, cockney rhyming slang for ball. Seventeen-year-old aims to be 2012 athletics judge 2011-07-27T01:11:37Z He’s an old cockney sea-dog, who looks like a regular buccaneer, and he has a parrot, too, whom he calls Jock. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z In tribute to the Albert Hall – apparently cockney rhyming slang for ball – the Olympic football will be called "The Albert". Mario Balotelli's strange things 2011-07-25T15:28:45Z Somewhere at the back of the cockney mind was the suspicion, amounting almost to a certainty, that, unless regularly milked, cows exploded, like overcharged water-mains. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z If indeed a guardian were necessary, what Englishman would it be who would best preserve our pure English—the shepherd of Dorset or the miner of Northumberland, the Yorkshire man or the cockney? Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Sporting goods manufacturer Adidas invited Britons to suggest names and says the winner was picked because it is inspired by “London’s great heritage and cockney rhyming slang.” Cockney rhyming slang honored as 2012 London Olympic soccer ball is called ?The Albert? 2011-07-25T00:39:37Z Photograph: Adidas/PA It's to be called "The Albert", but the cockney rhyming slang to which the London 2012 Olympic football owes its name may offer quite a different ring. Would you Adam and Eve it? The Olympic football is to be called Albert 2011-07-25T00:01:00Z He verged toward a slight cockney accent now and then, and he squinted rather unpleasantly. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z It was a doleful refrain, charged with cockney melancholy; yet there could be no doubt about the enthusiasm of the singers. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z The cockney has no monopoly of good English if even he has his full portion. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z The whole picture fades as suddenly as did its reality a few weeks ago, as in a rich cockney twang the unkempt, down-at-heel slavey prefers the above request. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z A cockney lad struck up a ditty, and the boat's company joined in the chorus of Raymond Hitchcock's "All Dressed Up and Nowheres to Go." Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z We shall be at Bouveret in five minutes,” struck in a drawling voice, not wholly guiltless of a cockney twang, recognisable as the property of Scott. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The whole body of a musical entertainment may reek with cockney indecency and witlessness, and yet no English mother will sniff offence, provided it is covered up with dances and songs. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Is he cockney enough to be going to flash off his rifle, and afraid of some one hearing him? The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z He was a pleasant little man, a regular cockney through and through. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The man was no more than a shrewd cockney servant—none too honest over trifles, perhaps, but he was not the class of man that political conspirators are made of. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Fancy reducing a glacier to the level of a cockney tea-garden! Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z What, the sun not go to the west!" retorted the cockney, quite angry, "a pretty story, indeed. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z The Emperor, a cockney sportsman on the largest scale, shot at the pigeon and killed the crow. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z For in his distress the cockney accent became more pronounced than ever. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Often the inspired poet and the raw cockney rimester come inseparably coupled in the limit of half a dozen lines, as thus in the narrative of Glaucus:— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z He had lived by the seashore all his life, I suppose, and of course felt entirely competent to instruct two innocent cockneys such as he had in his wagon. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Here Palmer and his cockneys stared at him, as country buckskins are wont to do at a monkey, or parrot, or any such creature that pretends to mimic man. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z A pleasant little cockney ballad singer who was coming over to America for a season in vaudeville volunteered to sing a ballad. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z I am myself much of a cockney, and not averse to asphalt and streets ablaze with electric banners. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z “You’re the first cockney I ever saw,” said the stalwart farmer, “that knew how to handle a rake.” A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Contrary to all precedent and tradition, he did not speak in cockney dialect, not even stumbling over the proper distribution of the letter "h" throughout his vocabulary. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z The same sun, sir! the same sun!" replied the cockney, rather nettled, "I am not positive of that sir. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z The cockney accent was a strange new language to them, and the throngs of travelers in rough ulsters and fore-and-aft caps filled them with the most profound interest. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z They envisioned a new series that would include characters they knew well from their cockney heritage: maids, cooks, domestics. Class Act 2011-04-05T20:35:00Z All I asked was the moon—London, books, theatres, and the gorgeous solitude of rummaging in an enchanted cockney world. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z "Some tourist, I suppose, making down to Tintern Abbey—like as not a London cockney." Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Mr. Lyons ... is a master of cockney humour.... The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z There was a grin on his countenance which seemed permanent, and, had it not been for his bronzed complexion, I should have declared him to be a cockney, and nothing else. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The Tower is already familiar in story and picture, yet not every cockney is aware that its walls enclose a virtual town of over three thousand inhabitants. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z From the age of six to the age of eighteen I was a cockney and grew up in London. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Sir, you have tried to enlighten the cockneys of Paris, on a point of the greatest concern to mankind, that of the duration of human life. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z She calls herself "a true cockney" – she was born in Barts hospital on a Sunday morning to the sound of the Bow bells. Martine Wright: 7/7, survival ? and a whole new life of opportunities 2011-03-20T00:07:01Z “Miserable cockney!” said Duncan Leslie to himself; and his face, which had been overcast, brightened a little as he scanned the boat coming from the harbour. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z "It comes down the wind!" snorted the cockney with a burst of disgust. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Well—the cockneys just pulled five guns and said, 'Record those claims.' The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z I’m a bivalve—a cockney bivalve,” he added. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z “Some tourist, I suppose, making down to Tintern Abbey—like as not, a London cockney.” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z “Why doesn’t Harry row, instead of letting that miserable cockney fool about with an oar?” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z This order, communicated by the cockney mate, caused the conversation to veer from speculation to concrete suspicions. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Our English friend rode cockney fashion; that is, not much unlike a clothes-pin, or a pair of compasses, astride a line. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z "These cockney gents are more 'wide awake' than you suspect, Master Maurice, and the chances are that he never carried a single paper or parchment along with him." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The street markets were still there, the area was as run-down as ever, but what he meant was there was no trace of his cockney past. Our town 2011-02-01T10:58:15Z The poet of the public library, the illiterate and ecstatic valet, the pompous butler and the two cockney footmen,—she had grown beyond all these. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Stirling heard them swabbing down, and caught the cockney accent of the mate raised in cheerful encouragement as the skipper sent forward more grog. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z He amused the Balcombe family greatly by his imitation of London cockney street cries. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z On the other hand, they are the very advantages with which the middle class in cities, the cockney class, is almost always obliged to dispense, and that class is conspicuously deficient in beauty. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z A cockney comes among them, and is remembered by his rural entertainers for years after he has left them, and forgotten them very likely—floated far away from them on the vast London sea. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Everybody in America, a few inveterate cockneys excepted, have seen a "raising." The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Whitehouse had the long, beaklike nose of the typical cockney, while his lips were thick and somewhat red. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z They killed one man and wounded another, a cockney from London, England, and thinking him dead took his scalp. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z No writer ever knew Virginia better than did the late George W. Bagby, and he attributes the cockney “which” to a backwoodsman from Charlotte County in that State. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Photograph: Tony Marshall/Empics Sport Many of those on Tyneside will view the appointment as the latest unwanted twist in the cockney conspiracy. will consider it an opportunity to restore a reputation. Alan Pardew set on re-establishing his name ? whatever Newcastle's fans say 2010-12-09T07:00:00Z If you had travelled, now, you would know that this expression is cockney English for agreeing to a thing. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z He eyed the cockney with a calculating expression, thinking swiftly and to one point. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The dank vapours of Covent Garden are sweet in the nostrils of many a cockney reveller. A Cursory History of Swearing The ridiculous charge has been made that Bret Harte’s dialect is not Californian or even American, but is simply cockney English. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The team, stripped of its best players before his arrival, failed to captivate on the pitch, and Pardew was no true cockney. Alan Pardew set on re-establishing his name ? whatever Newcastle's fans say 2010-12-09T07:00:00Z "No, I suppose not in the country," he retorted with cockney wit. A Poached Peerage He talks like a cockney, but that is an affliction. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The second-man was standing before the library door with folded arms and a watchdog expression on his cockney face. Whispering Wires “Which,” in the cockney sense, as used by Bret Harte, 326-327. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z It is what we call cockney in America, with some added local effects. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Run, you swine; you–” There followed a torrent of cockney abuse so foul that Miss Leslie blushed scarlet with shame as she sought to quiet him. Into the Primitive The very soul of Spain seemed to be symbolized by those sere quartos of the seventeenth century, nor was it imperceptible even in Smollett's cockney rendering bound in marbled boards. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The climax of Michael's discomfort was reached, when a snub-nosed boy called Jubb with a cockney accent asked him what his father was. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The only reason ever given for this statement is that Bret Harte uses the word “which” in its cockney sense, and that this use was never known in America. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The word cockney is not improbably derived from cocayne, the name of an imaginary land of ease and jollity. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 She saw no humour in that cockney cruelty, capable though it be of absurd generosity. A Bed of Roses At this point in Michael's meditations Smithers woke up, and from the bedroom came a demand in startled cockney to know who was there. Sinister Street, vol. 2 For Michael Garrod defiled the country by his cockney complacency, his attacks upon public schools, his unpleasant interrogations. Sinister Street, vol. 1 This use of “which” is indeed now identified with the London cockney, but it may still be heard in the eastern counties of England, whence, no doubt, it was imported to this country. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Mrs. Ragbone was a stout, jolly woman with a pronounced cockney accent. Patricia Brent, Spinster Victoria laughed, for his cockney joviality was infectious. A Bed of Roses Michael arrived at Paris in the pale burning blue of an August morning, and arriving as he did in company with numerous cockney holiday-makers, something of the spirit of Paris was absent. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "What is it, Frederick?" asked Grace, knowing that the imperturbable cockney was perturbed. H. R. From the patient in the stretcher next to me I heard vociferous “bly’me-ing” in a very strong cockney accent. The Black Watch A Record in Action Professor Sylvanus Conti, who had been known to his mother, Mrs. Wilkins, as Willie, emphasised in feature and speech his cockney origin. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Kipling made a place for himself when he wrote "Barrack-Room Ballads"; the reproduction of the cockney dialect has never been so well done and their humor is inimitable. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. While the cockney bartender of the English Tavern in the Champs Elysées counted out the change, Tod, with an unsteady hand, raised to his lips the glass of foaming, sparkling Clicquot. John Marsh's Millions The historian Hallam thinks that he had “become personally unpopular”; but these outrages from the vulgar seem to have arisen solely from the cockney’s antipathy to the Frenchman. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" I always was, and am still a cockney at heart, and as for the building craze, that has been on me from that day to this. Fragments of an Autobiography With the wholesome contempt of an incorrigible cockney he contemplated the landscape. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle "I, ma'am," he said, with a strong cockney accent, "am the Useful Boy, as they say in the States." Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance Here the cockney came out still better than before. Jack Hinton The Guardsman A Yankee schoolboy of ten years would have proved to be a veritable Solomon compared with our cockney fellow-passenger. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The cockney cad cannot understand what the word means. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel It was seldom the London coach, the Yarmouth Mail and Telegraph brought a cockney down to astonish p. 22us with his pert ways and peculiar talk. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself Nature is p. 161the best and truest teacher a man can have—and it is little of nature that the cockney sees, or hears, and feels. About London I like the cockney," said Oakley; "that fellow's good fun. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The fellow was an unmistakable cockney, and a more verdant specimen it would be difficult to conceive of. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia He was a cockney, and this had been the limit of his travels. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Did you ever know a cockney take to boating without dressing himself up � la T. P. Cooke? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Why, look at a London omnibus; for nine months out of the twelve a cockney can’t ride, even from the Bank to Pimlico, without getting inside. About London Robert Herrick commits all the criminal acts committed by Huish, the cockney clerk, except to attempt murder, but the reader pities Herrick while hating Huish. The Technique of Fiction Writing O.M.,” which is a kind of cockney Marconi for “All right, old man.” Titanic It was not till the beginning of the 17th century that “cockney” appears to be confined to the inhabitants of London. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" He is an Englishman, and speaks with the most intolerable cockney accent. The Witches of New York “Of course you wear a respirator,” said a young cockney to him. About London He was, under the pseudonym of "Barry Cornwall," a fluent verse writer of the so-called cockney school, and had not a little reputation, especially for songs about the sea and things in general. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) By way however of a concession, and of meeting Seymour’s original idea as far as practicable, he introduced the absurd character of Winkle, the cockney sportsman. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. To Aunt M'riar, cockney to the core, a ship was only a convention, necessary for character, in an offing with an orange-chrome sunset claiming your attention rather noisily in the background. When Ghost Meets Ghost Many of our greatest poets and artists were cockneys; and Constable, that sweet painter of cornfields and shady lanes and quiet rivers, used to say that the scenes of his boyhood made him a painter. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations The game little cockney peered into 37his distorted face, and wondered. The Missourian An educated Londoner has difficulty in understanding even the London cockney. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations I'm a poor singing gentleman, Sirs, it is true, Though cockneys do often mistake me for you; But I keep Mrs. Blackbird, and four little eggs, And neither e'er pilfers, or borrows, or begs. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock Now, let me hear the most refined of cockneys presume to find fault with Yorkshire manners. Shirley Tommy, with a souvenir cigar in his mouth, was telling him in his best cockney English to get a move on. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. The cockney shot his breath out with a whistle. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Now a cockney paladin Winds a penny horn of tin. A line-o'-verse or two Well, if they keep on thinking that, I guess I'll have to get busy and cultivate a real cockney accent. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields Half the crew was crowded close around a little red-faced cockney. The Harbor Hepworth was not cosmopolitan, and managed to get the truth out of this confusion of cockney, Irish, and Yankee dialect. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The mechanic was a little cockney Englishman, a fugitive, like all his countrymen, from the horror which had stricken England suddenly and left her wallowing in her life blood. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 "A blinking castle," he said in mock cockney British. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin Nat's chief officer, a short cockney named Brent, came up to him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 "That," responded his dragoman somewhat dramatically, extending his hand towards the old man, "that is the rural population, and he a cockney hardened in the Great Skirmish, or he could never have stayed the course." Another Sheaf A little cockney from 'Ackney, who has sailed the six hundred and seventeen miles between London and Cork and has explored most of the South and West, is quite knocked over by Newry. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The little mechanic muttered some mysterious cockney curse, and then said, in an admiring tone: "'Ow many of the swines' planes 'ave you shot down now, sir?" Astounding Stories, February, 1931 What was this cockney––this wretched alien––when the passions of our coast were stirring? The Cruise of the Shining Light Brent spoke with that self-assurance of the born cockney that even the centuries had failed to remove, though they had removed the cockney accent. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 The servant manner and the cockney accent disappeared when Smith sat down. The Island Mystery A sparrow, however, to say nothing of an eagle, must appear a doubtful noun with regard to gender, to a cockney sportsman. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue The English take great interest in geographical facts; they are proud of them, lord and cockney, from the merchant prince to the workman in the docks. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras From without Scrambling up by crack and crevice, every cockney prates about Towers—the heap he kicks now! turrets—just the measure of his cane! Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning It was principally composed of Parisian cockneys and countrymen from Lorraine, and at Arras in 1914, and in the Artois in the summer of 1915, had achieved memorable renown. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Geoff could almost have fancied there was a cockney twang about it. Great Uncle Hoot-Toot Next the passengers filed off, and, in turn, came the two cockney “prigs.” Adventures and Recollections "A freak—a bloomin' freak," remarked another whose cockney accent proclaimed the Englishman. The Heads of Apex Dickens's early novels, said Fitzjames, represented an avatar of 'chaff'; and gave with unsurpassable vivacity the genuine fun of a thoroughbred cockney typified by Sam Weller. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice I am not so anxious to see the whole earth covered by an indefinite multiplication of the cockney type. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Without the revival of the old Court etiquette, which forbade any one to ride before royalty, his Royal Highness might have been ridden down by some ambitious butcher or experimental cockney horseman on a runaway. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid The strong cockney negative was also an exclamation. The Dust Flower Not to the cockney casuist, whose knowledge of the stag is confined to his venison, and who never trusts himself on the horse till it has been “long trained, in shackles, to procession pace.” Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding In a cockney accent he said loftily: "I am Ferris, Mr. Underwood's man, sir." The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life Coffee for its basis; Sweet as e'er warbled forth from cockney throttles Since Bob Montgomery's or Amos Cottle's. All About Coffee She had no cockney accent, though she occasionally and fitfully dropped an H. "Oh, Gladys, do take me for a walk in the field." The Limit But the little cockney lost no time; fingers and pen-knife flew; Neeland, his arms free, tore the bandage from his mouth and spat out the wad of cloth. The Dark Star I always betted on the little cockney's astuteness. Hurricane Island It may be observed that he did not now talk with the London drawl; he had left both his cockney tongue and his tall hat at home. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Rather than such cockney sentimentality as this, as an education for the taste and sympathies, we p. 143prefer the most crapulous group of boors that Teniers ever painted. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete I had a try when W. gave up and began with an explanation of the cockney’s difficulty with the letter “h.” A Padre in France The cockney steward stood there with a messenger. The Dark Star Children climb about its walls and windows; cockneys scratch their names, and picnic parties bestrew the grass with paper. Highways and Byways in Surrey Not that we meant to hurry our dear cockney cousin right away to the wilds as soon as he 183 arrived. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure I realized in the cockney waiter a man who might be useful, hence I gave him a substantial tip when I signed the bill for my meal. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance If Wellington won the battle of Waterloo by military genius, so popular hearsay has urged that he commanded the Guards to charge 'La Grande Arm�e' in cockney terms. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The man came—a cockney, dense as his native fog—who maintained that nobody could have entered the 196 stateroom without his knowledge or the knowledge of the stewardess. The Dark Star These patches of paint shriek with the names of a thousand cockneys, and the names suit the method of mending the broken tree. Highways and Byways in Surrey With a true cockney accent she said that she lived in Mile End, and worked at a pickle factory. The Seven Secrets Another thing: When he spoke in public he used excellent English, and the cockney dialect entirely disappeared. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 The former is to be found in the cockney comic songs that concern themselves with hanging out the washing or coming home with the milk. What I Saw in America His own little cockney steward, who also looked out for Golden Beard, reported that gentleman as requiring five meals a day, with beer in proportion, and the porcelain pipe steaming like Ætna all day long. The Dark Star Personally, I would back the cockney spirit against any other. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany “Not very, sir,” was the answer, with the true cockney twang. The Seven Secrets Close on his heels followed the little cockney. Hellhounds of the Cosmos Doctor says that when he goes to London his mind is bruised with the weight of the houses, and he was a cockney born. Humorous Ghost Stories He is a cockney, brought up in the streets of a callous city. The Blue Germ But, says the chronicler, Lieutenant Drummond declared that “but for their long wings, they would look as well on a parade-ground as some of the cockney militia!” The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages “If you doubt it, sir, come with me down to Shadwell,” the old man said in his cockney drawl. The Seven Secrets It was a veritable babel—the mournful intonation of the East Coast, the broad guttural of the Broomielaw, mingled with the shrill Gaelic scream of the Highlands, and the occasional twang of the cockney tourist. The Mystery of the Green Ray Of course the cockneys, with their vasty houses and noise-ridden streets, can call us rustics if they choose; but for all that, Fairfield is a better place to live in than London. Humorous Ghost Stories Now every cockney can admire the smallest lake in Westmoreland or the barest moor in the Highlands. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities They gather near the fountain, they group about their lighted banner, and a drawling cockney voice afflicts the air. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Hopes of departure produced amity, and they were almost lively over their veal broth, when sounds of arrival made Lucilla groan at the prospect of cockney tourists obstructing the completion of her drawing. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster "Where did you get your cockney dialect?" he asked. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man "Come, lend your hand again—draw off the boots—they're Cumberland make, and yours are cockney style—quick!" A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time He convulsed me with his struggles to put cockney English and slang into good Polish, for he had saved up a list of words for me to explain to him. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag He had written: “If a cockney nurse wished to correct a child, what insect-home would she name?” Marge Askinforit He started when a person in uniform, hitherto apparently waxen, said in a cockney voice, "See the Chamber of Horrors, sir?" Tongues of Conscience Now and again an outburst of raucous humor echoed above the babble of cockney tongues. World's War Events, Vol. I Ah, they are at it again!" cried Rowles; "these cockney boatmen, how they do try to drown themselves! Littlebourne Lock “That’s the climax; it needs only the cockney accent to make the thing complete,” she said. The Long Portage And a stevedore made something like a million dollars out of a cargo of canned salmon by hearing some cockney give his theory about how the blockade could be run to Port Arthur. Isle o' Dreams Some of our Americans are as free with the final r as the cockney is with his initial h. Duffels "There's a better game than that," he said, his articulation very thick; "but it takes nerve—if you've got it, you spindle-legged little cockney!" Barbarians Is it possible the laurel crown should now hide a venerated and impeccable ear which was once the ear of a cockney? Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti He is an English horse trainer, a wide-awake, stocky, well-groomed little cockney. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea But, my dear fellow, all my friends who have visited Australia say they haven't got manners, and all have a cockney twang. The Kangaroo Marines The second steward—a dirty, evil-faced little cockney named Jessop, whom Oliver and his fellow officers particularly abhorred—at once followed the supercargo in to his cabin, which was immediately closed. Tessa 1901 Nevertheless, King Pharaoh was as little amused as our own Queen Victoria would have been if Ally Sloper and his companions had been taken to Windsor to perform in cockney slang before her. Diversions in Sicily That passage, no doubt, had been read by thousands, and so it had gone forth to the world that Mr. Whistler was an ill-educated man, an impostor, a cockney pretender, and an impudent coxcomb. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies And, as a wealthy cockney once remarked to me in Brown's Tract, "It's no place for a poor man." Woodcraft "There is little doubt," proceeds the cockney historian, "that the conversion of Clovis was as much a matter of policy as of faith." Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens He could mimic every one who called at the office, and in addition he knew the different cockney voices of all the rabble of the London streets. Historic Boyhoods I. It was the time of year when cockneys fly From town to country, and from there to town. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems He's gone, yes," answered one: "he's gone to get square with the lieutenant and his cockney dog-robber. Waring's Peril It is very probable that all conventional ladies and gentlemen bored Dickens, who never ceased to be a cockney, though he became the most sublimated of that class. Confessions of a Book-Lover Imagine the feelings of the comfortable cockney who found himself face to face with a breakfast bill for nine shillings! South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Seymour had drawn most of the pictures for this new venture, and they were almost all of a cockney sporting type. Historic Boyhoods Carefinotu speaking English like a cockney, calling him by his name, announcing the early arrival of Uncle Will, and then the sudden report of the fire-arms? Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery But the cockney's spirits were blithe as the clouds were black. Waring's Peril Doctor Johnson was a cockney, too, but, though it may seem paradoxical to say it, not so greatly impressed by class distinctions as Dickens was. Confessions of a Book-Lover To send such a woolly proposition to report Parnell was the work of a cockney editor, born with a moral squint, within sound of Bow Bells. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers This is of course a cockney view of what, without offence, I will term a cockney proceeding. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Lords, squires and cockneys may pass away, but a time will scarcely come when “Childe Harold” and that ode will be forgotten. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest It may naturally be supposed that our radiant cockney was somewhat embarrassed by so public a display of matrimonial happiness, at six o’clock in the afternoon, on the thirtieth day of a sweltering June. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The little cockney was struck with awe at sight of the dead man. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure Would any critic compliment the cockney on delicacy of ear because it detects the accent of Carlyle, or Sheridan Knowles, to be other than its own true London accent? The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Even before she spoke you felt sure she would say oily if she meant early, and early if she meant oily—sure linguistic marks of the native-born New York cockney. From Place to Place What can it matter whether Dickens’s clerks talked cockney now that half the duchesses talk American? Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens My crest-fallen cockney immediately began to exculpate himself by pleading ignorance of the country’s customs,—assuring the strangers that he had not the slightest inkling of the requirement. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Two brothers named Fleming were secured as engineers, a little cockney as fat as a prize pig for cook. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure But he was nothing if not the citizen afield—the cockney aweary of Bow Bells and rejoicing in ‘the sights and sounds of the open landscape.’ Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation Edgar was measured for his uniform by the head tailor, who was a cockney who had been carried off by the press-gang. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt It is not that the pert cockney tone of the abuse is irritating to the nerves: it is that he has got the whole hang of the thing wrong. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Of the man who kept it, a fat, humorous cockney, I made enquiries regarding the girl. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance But ill would fare Town's guest if he refused For the five hundredth time to be 'amused' By gush, or cockney patter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 Broad Yorkshire contended with the thin nasal tones of the cockney; the man from the banks of the Tweed thrust cautious sarcasms at the man from Galway. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia That is to say, about fifty days on shore out of the year, and three hundred and fifteen days on what the cockney greengrocer living next door to Jim styled the “’owlin’ deep.” Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories But this cockney lamp-post which the children love is still crowned with its flame; and when the fathers have forgotten ethics, their babies will turn and teach them. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens So I went back to the restaurant and gave the fat cockney a note which he promised to deliver into her own hands. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The cockney gazes in wonder at Pall Mall as it appeared in 1682, when it was a lonely road between meadows, where highwaymen were apt to demand your money or your life. Westminster Abbey In cockney language, he had done himself out of a good pupil. Rattlin the Reefer “I was born,” roared the cockney, “in Earl Street, seven Dials—my mother keeps a tripe-shop—I am a true-born Briton, and you have no right to flog me.” Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer He was a cockney by birth, for he had been left at the workhouse of St. Mary Axe, where he had, been taught to read and write, and had afterwards made his escape. Mr. Midshipman Easy Mrs. C--- then said, “My husband is a cockney, and I will bring him with me, and we will see if we can’t turn the screw the right way.” Recollections of Old Liverpool "Why the doose de 'e 'old 'is 'ead down like that?" asked a cockney sergeant-major angrily, when a worthy fellow soldier wished to be reinstated in a position from which he had been dismissed. Pushing to the Front We will suppose that, by the aid of the dancing-master and the drill-sergeant, I have been cured of my vulgar gait, and that my cockney accent has disappeared. Rattlin the Reefer A cockney, who never went beyond Margate, or a sea-sick trip to Boulogne, that paradise of prodigals, always fancies that all Americans are Yankees, all clock-makers, all spitters, all below his level. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 He sticks in the place all day with that young cockney gaol-bird you picked us up too, Durfy, and never growls.” Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life They had decided that, supposing the cockney got so far, a lightless house would perplex his feet, and he would be the noisier. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The impersonation of the shrewdness, quaint humor, and best qualities of cockney low life.—C. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 It kept the race of Norfolk and Suffolk longshoremen worthy of their traditions until the cockney visitors, with their tips and their hunger for longshore lies, ruined the nature of many of our beach folk. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" The Turk will tell you he has the honour to be a native of Stamboul; the Parisian will boast of his Faubourg; and the cockney exults in Wapping. The Two Admirals Tourists might look and laugh at their simple delight as at that of a pair of unsophisticated cockneys. That Stick Rawling reeled to the stair-head, aiming as Bill caught at the man's shirt; but the cockney fell backward, crumpling down, his face purple, his teeth displayed. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story "Right, sir," replied the man, in the purest cockney. The Call of the Blood They are cockney and are interested in showing only the highroads between cities, and in consequence neglect all tributary loops and windings. Journeys to Bagdad Only she pronounced it fairly with a true cockney accent, and left out all her h's. Sarah's School Friend Sunday is a great day with us, for then the shore is lined with Parisians, as thoroughly cockney as if Bow-bells could be heard in the Quartier Montmartre! Recollections of Europe These togs o' mine were handed out to me by an old pal—a cockney valet—and the accent goes with 'em, don't ye know?' The Statesmen Snowbound "Well, now, Frank, that is"--expostulated Harry--"that is just the most snobbish thing I ever saw you do; aint you ashamed of yourself now, you genuine cockney!" Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago They were both by nature and training cockneys. One Woman's Life Does the cockney of the ‘world’s metropolis’ compress his toes in boots tapering at an angle of forty degrees? The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Our Parisian cockneys, of whom there were several on board, stood aghast. Recollections of Europe There was that cockney sergeant fellow here along about midnight, asking questions and raising hell. Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest When they came back they were disgusted, and said there was a ginger-beer woman and a man with the game of "Aunt Sally," and a crowd of cockney excursionists round them and the Stone. Set in Silver "Oa—oh," he exploded with a cockney drawl, and a rude look coming into his eyes which he'd kept out while there was hope that the dusty, blown-about little thing might turn into a customer. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley He also had perfect command of slang and the cockney dialect of the Londoner. Modern English Books of Power On this subject he sang a Jeremiad in the true cockney key. Recollections of Europe He ordered Tom, the cockney driver, to follow with the motor ambulance. Golden Lads Before this cockney sculpture was planned, there should have been a closer study of the history and philosophy of art in Berlin. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Yesterday afternoon, as I was coming out of the chancery of the British Legation, a little cockney messenger in uniform came snorting into the court on a motor-cycle. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium Full of court gossip and of pageantry, strongly royalist, conservative and patriotic, they reflect the interests of the middle-class cockney as faithfully as does a certain type of newspaper and magazine today. The Age of the Reformation These sentimentalities are apt to slip from under him who would embark on them, like a birch canoe under the clumsy foot of a cockney, and leave him floundering in retributive commonplace. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O The high officer and the cockney Tommy have that linking up. Golden Lads She practised gardening; in that curious cockney culture she would have been quite ready to practise farming; and on the same perverse principle, she actually practised a religion. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Irishman who in London might talk of his "neetive" race, would be mincing his words to please the ear of the cockney. Thackeray It still lives in some old songs about Nelson or Waterloo, which are vastly more pompous and vastly more sincere than the cockney cocksureness of later Jingo lyrics. The Victorian Age in Literature This was his library: here he gathered that vast encyclopaedia of human nature, which some are inclined to call "cockney," but if it be, "Cockayne" must be a very large country indeed. Studies in Early Victorian Literature All I know is—where I'll employ an Irishman, or a Scotchman, or a Yorkshireman, on the jump, I will not employ a cockney. The Canadian Commonwealth Now Ben swung about upon them, his voice lifted in a string of cockney oaths, commanding them not to stand still all day, but to get to work. Under Handicap A Novel All around me were cockney Englishmen, murdering the Queen's English, and Scotchmen who were doing worse. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Because he frowned at the cockney cheerfulness of the cheaper economists, they and others represented him as a pessimist, and reduced all his azure infinities to a fit of the blues. The Victorian Age in Literature The country church is a square old building of wood without paint or decoration, and of that genuine Puritanic stamp which is now fast giving way to Greek porticos and to cockney towers. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons I have to break a cockney's neck before I can convince him that I know the way I want things done, and they have to be done that way. The Canadian Commonwealth Much more interesting he found the small scene he was leaving, in which two utterly bewildered and astonished Germans and a little cockney girl were the three actors. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day There is plenty of real fun to be had here, but that sort is only funny to cockneys. Letters from Egypt The children of the English spinners and weavers were decent, well-behaved youngsters but their speech was distinctly along cockney lines. If You're Going to Live in the Country In my own wards, and elsewhere in the hospital, I came in close contact with many cockneys of the slums. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital I've come to the point," said a wholesale hardware man of a Canadian city, "where I won't employ a man if he has a cockney accent. The Canadian Commonwealth There is certainly no more cultivated centre in the country, and yet the letter r is as badly maltreated by the Boston scholar as by the veriest cockney. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin The ear that hungers for the raucous strains of cockney Pierrots on a beach cannot attune itself to the notes of the morning thrush. The Quest of the Simple Life But yours is very like the cockney's, who despised all the world, beyond the sound of Bow bells. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters These were couched in the cockney idiom, but I caught a faint nasal twang which led me to suspect that the speaker had come from the other side of the Atlantic. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital He cleared his throat, and addressed his companion in broad cockney. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame As I looked at him—a little chap With fiery eyes and receding brow—and heard his cockney patter, my temper went utterly. The Half-Hearted The travelling artist they knew, the pedlar, the insurance agent, and the cockney beanfeaster; but the stranger who desired permanent neighbourship with them they knew not; him they treated as a lunatic at large. The Quest of the Simple Life There is no question, sir," said Bukhtawar Sing, "that is too absurd, for these cockney gentlemen to ask when they enter upon such revenue charges as these. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Now in Ward C 22 a patient, a cockney, was on the Danger List—which circumstance availed nothing to depress his spirits. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital I won't say as all you cockney chaps are the same as Collins," he returned magnanimously, "for it takes all kinds ter make a world. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame I recognized that one with the writ for a fellow cockney at once; and for what he was, too—a sheriffs officer. Elster's Folly If the village had real beauties of its own—a cluster of thatched and dormer-windowed cottages, properties valuable to the artist—one was sure to come upon immediate evidence of the cockney invasion. The Quest of the Simple Life As the Easter vacation approaches, the cockney angler, the “inveterate cockney,” as Lord Salisbury did or did not say, begins to look to his fishing tackle. Lost Leaders My friend of the king-like toe spoke of his feet as "plates of meat"—and this though he was an Australian, not a cockney. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital "Talk, boy—talk," whispered Cleek, and began a hasty conversation in a high-pitched, cockney voice, to which Dollops bravely made answer in the best tone he could muster under the circumstances. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame They would say with their awful English cockney accent, "Ah! that's good!" or "Prime stuff!" or "Could you spare a little more, sister?" World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. |
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