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Old 27-Mar-2006, 03:29
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Default Re: How to learn an accent?

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Originally Posted by rewboss
That would have been inappropriate. That's an example of Cockney rhyming slang, which is used only in certain situations by Cockneys, i.e. Londoners, although a few of the more common expressions have since found their way into the speech of other people. But Harry and his friends are pretty much typical middle- to upper-class and would never use such expressions.
I see. Sounds like Cokney would be the equivilant of, say, ghetto slang here?

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