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The Streets

On the Flip of a Coin

• Everything is Borrowed• themes of fate, chance and limited control• Mike Skinner • Mockney accent

Index

5. Mockney Accent in The Streets

4. Idioms & Slangs

1. What is Mockney?

3. Key Pronunciation Differences

2. Differences between Mockney and Cockney

What is Mockney?

• mock + cockney• affected accent and form of speech• imitation of cockney or working-class London speech

What is Mockney?

Differences between Mockney and Cockney

genuine accent

Cockney

imitation of that accent

Mockney

  • Exaggerated or affected imitation
  • Adopted by people not from East End of London who wants to convey a certain image or persona
  • Overemphasizing the features of a Cockney accent
  • Performance or comedic effect
  • Found in popular culture
  • Traditional accent & dialect
  • East End of London
  • Working-class communities
  • Authentic regional accent

Key Pronunciation Differences

Idioms & Slangs

Idioms

“he finally slugs it back to land”

= slow, laborious return to shore -> similar to the way a slug moves slowly and with effort

to slug

“feeling chewed up and foolish”

= emotional exhaustion and defeat -> metaphorical comparison to the physical process of being chewed

feeling chewed up

Slangs

2. drop the secondary rhyming word (which is then implied)

3. confuse people and have fun watching them struggle with what you created

1. replace a common word with a rhyming phrase of two or more words (the last word has to rhyme with the original word)

- early 19th

how to master it in three easy steps

(Cockney) Rhyming Slang

How Mockney Shapes Skinner’s Storytelling

- distinct, raw style contrasting with the polished tone of RP- informal and gritty - relatable and unfiltered quality to his delivery - connects him to the working-class identity of these genres

• Mockney enhancing the authenticity of the narrative• working-class sensibility • raw, unfiltered sound contrasting with RP • connecting the singer to the everyday struggles of his characters

In conclusion,