As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...
Cockney sayings traditionally include rhyming slang — with the Queen called Baked Bean, for instance THE late Queen sounded increasingly Cockney through her 70-year reign, according to research.
THE late Queen sounded increasingly Cockney through her 70-year reign, according to research. Experts say certain words evolved more of an East End twang than her traditional “received pronunciation”.
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