Inglise keele variandid (Varieties of English)
(einnai)]
· Yod coalescence when two things come together. Like: /d/ instead of /dj/
/t/ instead of /tj/ [tu:zdeI]
· Prolongs diphtongs
· H-dropping (Tell him= [tellim])
5) Cockney, Cockney Rhyming Slang
Cockney English has a very distinctive accent, intentionally made and cryptical. It is
used in a sense of community and also by traders or criminals to confuse the police.
Cockney English is a "working class English" with approx. 7 million speakers.
Cocnkey Rhyming Slang is a secret language used for communication in a group
(traders speaking to eachother; criminals confusing the police; amusement) in the English
language and is prevalent in the East End London dialect.
It create a binary expression that rhymes with a single everyday word. Eric Partridge
wrote the dictionary of slang in 1840.
Some expressions:
· Apples and pears - stairs
· Bowl of water - daughter
· Rabbit and pork - to talk
· Trouble and strife - wife
· You and me- tea