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Old 28-Aug-2005, 21:08
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Default What does Posh and Cockney mean?

What do they mean?
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Old 29-Aug-2005, 12:47
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Default Re: What does Posh and Cockney mean?

Posh means upper class. In British English, long vowel sounds (bath- said like 'barth'), and fewer reduced sounds are often used by posh speakers.

Cockneys are the people of the East End of London, who have a strong and distinctive dialect, with many grammatical variations from standard English and a slang that is their own. For their slang, we have a glossary in our Members Area (registration required) http://www.usingenglish.com/members/idioms/.
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Old 29-Aug-2005, 23:31
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Default Re: What does Posh and Cockney mean?

Not to be taken too seriously, but this is a bit clever ...

Click here: http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/ and select Cockney. Just follow the instructions - it will apply Cockney usage to virtually any website.
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