Cockney
Cockney noun - The nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London.
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English
English noun - The people of England.
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Cockney and english are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Cockney" with "English", this nouns are similar.
Nearby Word: englishing
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- Portman's accent in the movie varies between Cockney, Australian, RP English and a strained-sounding American.
Source: Ooh Me Accents Slipping / Film - A Cockney taxi driver rattles off a series of complaints about his customers in perfectly understandable English, which Milligan/Attenborough's interpreter translates as "The gods are angry".
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There was another scene where Austin has a conversation with his dad using Cockney rhyming slang which is subtitled in American English that Americans can understand.
Source: Fun with Subtitles
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English and Cockney. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cockney/english
Cockney & English. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cockney/english>.
English or Cockney. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cockney/english.
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