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Poor misconception there. Multicultural London English transcends 'ethnic group' in London. It's spoken by white, black, Asian (etc) kids growing up in London.
In your opinion, yes.
I personally much prefer the sound and composition of MLE speech to Cockney speech.
Its in everybodies opinion if they are over the age of 18, its cringeworthy particularly because 90% of people that sound like that are putting it on, its funny how once they grow up kids suddenly sound different?
Poor misconception there. Multicultural London English transcends 'ethnic group' in London. It's spoken by white, black, Asian (etc) kids growing up in London.
In your opinion, yes.
I personally much prefer the sound and composition of MLE speech to Cockney speech.
Couldn't care less who it's spoken by its an attempt to sound black and it's embarrassing.
Dying but you can find it in certain parts of South and East London especially and certainly not in parts of Hertfordshire, Kent and Essex that are close to the border of London. Essex and Colchester (which is actually quite a distance from London) are a prime example of two areas where the cockney accent is still strongly prevalent, be it in a distinctively unique Essex slant on the accent.
Are you an MLE speaker yourself by any chance? If SE9 is your postcode, then quite likely.
In my opinion, it's an abomination. Noh wha ah meeen?
Much as I love him, Jamie T has a lot to answer for. He didn't even grow up in Brixton.
Jamie T? Typical Estuary accent. I can flip between RP, Cockney and MLE seamlessly.
In the video below, the interviewer (South Londoner) speaks with an MLE accent and the interviewee (Essex/East London fringe) speaks with a Cockney accent. Abomination, really?
Jamie T? Typical Estuary accent. I can flip between RP, Cockney and MLE seamlessly.
In the video below, the interviewer (South Londoner) speaks with an MLE accent and the interviewee (Essex/East London fringe) speaks with a Cockney accent. Abomination, really?
Yeah absolute abomination, literally cringing for the fella here.
No idea what your game is either. If you're 'flipping' between 3 accents I'd suggest that 2 of them must be put on. You've only got one accent.
There's not enough cringe in the world for me to say how I feel about someone deliberately putting that accent on.
Why would anyone put on a fake accent unless theyre an actor, telling a joke or story, being a posing pratt or trying to con someone?
I have a reasonably strong Belfast accent which isnt particularly unintelligible. The only UK people i have encountered that seem non plussed by it have all been from the south of England for some reason, but even then i dont change accent i just try to slow my speech a little and enunciate clearer - I dont speak too fast, I like to think that they think too slow. My accent doesnt change. I would no more talk to someone in a different fake accent than i would do handstands while talking to them, and if I did that theyd correctly think me a right tube. I'd think the same if someone started talking to me in a put on accent.
Jamie T? Typical Estuary accent. I can flip between RP, Cockney and MLE seamlessly.
In the video below, the interviewer (South Londoner) speaks with an MLE accent and the interviewee (Essex/East London fringe) speaks with a Cockney accent. Abomination, really?
Why on earth would you do that!? I'm sorry but I wouldn't be able to take ANYBODY seriously that puts on a fake accent (unless they're an actor / actress of course), in PARTICULAR an adult lol.
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I just don't hear a big difference. I'm a yank so maybe that's why. It doesn't sound as pronounced as the Ebonics spoke in US urban areas.
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