Well have a butcher’s at that, it seems people aren’t minding their Ps and Qs anymore. Researchers at the University of Essex have found that two of the most famous accents in the south of England ...

The pearly king of Woolwich and his mouse turned heads at the Modern Cockney Festival The Modern Cockney Festival concluded recently with the dialect being officially recognised as a community ...

The King's English and Cockney are no longer common dialects among young people in the South East of England, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Essex studied the dialects of ...

The Modern Cockney Festival concluded recently with the dialect being officially recognised as a community language by an east London council. Among other things, the month-long event featured a ...

Yiddish is a familiar presence in contemporary English speech. Many people use or at least know the meaning of words like chutzpah (audacity), schlep (drag) or nosh (snack). These words have been ...

A man born in Zimbabwe says he purposefully adopted a cockney accent after watching British soaps to "get ahead" at work. Andre Bellodi, 40, said he watched EastEnders every day to hone a separate ...

The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place throughout ...