What amazes me about London is that it is such a multicultural city with many different accents around the world. A common question I tend to ask when meeting new people is where their accents come from. Last night was my first true encounter with the cockney accent/language/dialect. They sure do have interesting terms that just have no meaning… Like ruby murray = curry? Pig’s ear = beer? wtf?!? I was told that the cockney accent is made up of rhyming slang but to me it just didn’t rhyme or make sense. Even when they speak “normally” it’s a little difficult to understand. Maybe the beer didn’t help much too.
When the tables were turned around when I was asked where my accent come from, I always ask people to guess and as usual, they always say American or Canadian. Is my accent that close to North America??? I’ve been trying real hard for the past few months to strengthen my ocker accent but I guess after a few drinks that goes to shits.
I want to try and pickup an english accent but it just sounds so so GAY…
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