Cockney Culture What is Cockney Culture? A profound phenomenon backgrounded with the diverse London scenery or a far-fetched idea about a certain 'niche' in the London cultural environment? Is Cockney Culture an adequate expression or an irrelevant transient airshaking? Is it an influential part of London culture or a mere empty vessel, a tiny drop drowning in an endless sea of multi-cultural Britain? You'll get the answers to these and many other Cockney questions of yours here, on our website. Let's start with the first question – the easiest one for the beginners. You'll find the answer to it intuitively. What associations can we grope for when we hear the word 'Cockney'? The quickest ones are 'London', 'East End', 'working class', 'chirpy cheeky chaps' – the ones that are able and eager to charm the birds off the trees, - the charmed ones DO know what I mean... and many other possible random Cockney associations. If you know more ropes when it's about Cockneys than an average non-expert, you can also dig out from the fertile soil of your memory such Cockney realia as St. Mary Le Bow church in Cheapside (London), the notorious Bow Bells, Cockney Rhyming Slang, the 'legitimacy' of the expression 'Cock's Eggs' and its connection with China plates or Brad Pitts (your random idea about twins may be true since 'brad pitts' is Cockney for female upper twin bodyparts)... The most Cockney-savvy experts will easily dwell upon Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, its bleedin' 'dicky birds' (words) and 'rabbit and pork' (talk) without being understood by the average ill-informed Cockney non-speakers. The fact that their 'rabbit and pork' bears any relation to Cockney slang will be completely beyond the understanding of the unhealthy-informed ones. Our offer is very tempting and delicious, we suggest you to join the minority of mates who easily rhymingly (or even spiritually) relate themselves to china plates and i.e. the ones who understand and speak Cockney Rhyming 'Language'. Browse through our website's sections and you'll find a lot of useful information on the subject of Cockney Slang and its genius creators, their characters and attitudes, their heroes, traits, habits and their lives in general. These Cockney Gurus (us) will become your guiding stars on your direct and short way to being able to absorb Cockney Culture completely. The idea about Cockney Culture (the one that we will impose on you ;) implies the unique Cockney spirit, its character traits – suggesting both Cockney chaps' character and the 'behaviour' of the Cockney phenomenon in general; moreover, Cockney culture reveals the notion of its unique 'language' spiced up with the most original 'rhyming solutions' ever (e.g. Adam and Eve is Cockney for 'believe', can you Adam and Eve it?). And finally, Cockney culture is an unofficial generalizing term uniting History, Literature, 'Language', People, Charm and Humour – all the features – both human and inanimate ones – that can be labelled as Unique Cockney Culture. These and myriad of other Cockney mysteries will be unfolded before your critical inquiring eye on our website. Mostly we'll speak about Cockney 'language' in all its forms and manifestations but you'll be more-than-well-enlightened with other Cockney amusing facts and entertaining news. Why not immediately start making sure all our Cockney entries will certainly become an apple of your Cockney-hungry eye! |