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May 6, 2011 10:48 AM Subscribe
Asking for a friend: How would one say "The girl never even spoke to them" in a Cockney accent?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Response by poster: Now he's saying the line might be, "Girl never said a word to him."
Haha.
posted by cloeburner at 10:51 AM on May 6, 2011
Haha.
posted by cloeburner at 10:51 AM on May 6, 2011
That's rather impressive to do well over a visual medium. You should post your phone number, I'm sure you'd get quite a few helpful results.
posted by mbird at 11:09 AM on May 6, 2011
posted by mbird at 11:09 AM on May 6, 2011
Best answer: Correction: She nevva sed nuffink to 'em
posted by Lleyam at 11:29 AM on May 6, 2011 [7 favorites]
posted by Lleyam at 11:29 AM on May 6, 2011 [7 favorites]
Best answer: I think "Guhl nevva sedda wuuuhd tewwim."
Probably depends on whether the person saying it is a man or a woman, and old or young.
*IANB
posted by thebazilist at 11:31 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Probably depends on whether the person saying it is a man or a woman, and old or young.
*IANB
posted by thebazilist at 11:31 AM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
That fackin' tart neva said a fackin' word to the geezer!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:00 PM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:00 PM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]
Too complex. Definitely requires simplification.
"She din't say nuffink! "
Most young East Londoners nowadays would probably add "innit" to the end of that. Especially if they're not white.
posted by inbetweener at 1:41 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
"She din't say nuffink! "
Most young East Londoners nowadays would probably add "innit" to the end of that. Especially if they're not white.
posted by inbetweener at 1:41 PM on May 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
Actually, a younger East Londoner these days might even introduce more of a Caribbean element: "She naa say nuffink!" or "Gyal naa say nuffink!"
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 2:33 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 2:33 PM on May 6, 2011
Depending on what you mean by cockney, you probably want to practice glottal stops in.words like "nu'in" and "di'n"
posted by Wrinkled Stumpskin at 3:57 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by Wrinkled Stumpskin at 3:57 PM on May 6, 2011
Rather ironically, Dick Van Dyke "cockney accent" is generally recognized as one of the worst affected accents in film history.
posted by Neiltupper at 7:59 PM on May 6, 2011
posted by Neiltupper at 7:59 PM on May 6, 2011
Cockney accent shifts 'u' to 'a', so 'nuffink' would sound 'naffink'.
posted by freya_lamb at 6:57 AM on May 7, 2011
posted by freya_lamb at 6:57 AM on May 7, 2011
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[/Dick Van Dyke impression of Ray Winstone's second cousin]
posted by MuffinMan at 10:51 AM on May 6, 2011 [2 favorites]