Talks about how Londoners talk
In this research project, I am interested in what Londoners think about their own and fellow Londoners’ dialects.
What are typical London ways of speaking?
What are the people like who speak in a particular way?
And where can one find them?
Interview Blog
Get ready for REAL TALK East London merchandise!
Faithful followers will remember our London Talks stall at last year’s Festival of Communities at Queen Mary University, where we handed out hundreds of tiny badges with London slang words. As we were observing how much people enjoyed those words, discussed and rated them, and came up with more iconic dialect words and expressions Caitlin…
The Modern Cockney Festival 2023
With the 3rd of March, the ‘Fird of the Fird’ or ‘Speak Cockney Day’, rapidly approaching, it is time for Andy Green and Saif Osmani to get ready for the next run of their Cockney Cultures events. Andy and Saif have been organising activities and talks around Cockney dialect and culture for several years with…
Coffee with @TheEastEndPoet
Last week I met with Chris Ross, a.k.a. @TheEastEndPoet on Twitter and Facebook. Chris is a born and bred Cockney, born in Mile End Hospital and raised in Roman Road. He is a retired telephone salesman, dad of one, granddad of six and great granddad of six. And he writes poetry – often about the…
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