I’ll start with a confession: I didn’t really understand the logic behind cockney rhyming slang until about three years ago. Yes, it took me 27 years to twig that the slang words were designed to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Would you Adam and Eve it? Cockney rhyming slang is brown bread. According to a survey, the famous lingo which developed in the working class east end of London in the 19th century ...

Ever wonder how hard it would be to master a Cockney English accent? With an audition less than a day away, actor Marty is up to the challenge! Watch as dialect coach Page Clements teaches him a ...

A cash machine in East London has begun offering customers the chance to have instructions presented in cockney rhyming slang. Users in Leytonstone who pick the service are given options to withdraw ...

30 cockney rhyming slang quiz questions and answers to test your family this Christmas Are you ready to dive into the playful, puzzling, and oh-so-British world of Cockney rhyming slang? From “apples ...

Amanda Cole received funding from the University of Essex Doctoral Scholarship as well as ESSEXLab seedcorn funding. Or maybe you think of Dame Barbara Windsor, who died on December 9. She was a ...

Of course, Hepburn’s singing was dubbed inadequate for My Fair Lady and while the actor still recorded all the songs herself, another singer’s voice was utilized for the majority of the film. But ...

All the kids we know who’ve grown up stateside with British parents have kind of mixed-up accents — mostly American with some Britishisms thrown in for adorable measure. It seems that a combination of ...

Shop owners in the U.K. are fighting to win government protection for pie and mash, a working-class meal with deep roots. Amid the gentrification of East London, Cockney shop sellers and advocates are ...

The Jonas Brothers know how to have fun on social media! On Tuesday, Jan. 21, the siblings put on their best Cockney accents as they mimicked the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist in an Instagram ...