American Attempts a Cockney Accent

[@Isleofskye]

I totally understand if some foreigners are no wiser to Cockney Rhythming slang as she said "having a bubble" was having a laugh but never explained why? lol The answer,of course,is "bubble bath" =Laugh.

[@ayeready6050]

Are you having a bubble (bath)? = Are you having a laugh? You can also say you having a Turkish (bath) or you having a giraffe?

[@mancbiker17]

I’d never heard of bubble until this video. It was as you say, Turkish or Giraffe

[@tobytaylor2154]

That's the best description of my accent I've heard, it's like an enigma machine 😂

[@janolaful]

You haven't got the brains to brake the code lol

[@danc1897]

With "Water" the t sound is made at the back of your throat instead of with your tongue if you're a cockney imo. But the t still actually exists.

[@timothyallan111]

You should really watch Only Fools and Horses; not only is it extremely funny, but it is full to the brim with cockney rhyming slang, so you will learn a lot. You will probably have to keep google or some kind of Cockney dictionary open to look up what a lot of things mean, but you will quickly pick up the parlance - like 'moody' being (usually fake) dodgy/nicked goods, and 'hooky', being another word for stolen or 'hot' goods - this is also a word heavily featured in the show's extremely famous theme song 'Hooky Street'.

[@easterdeer]

Your attempt sounded pretty good to me! As others have said, you went Australian a few times but it was still great. I love these accent videos so much! Thanks Connor

[@EquinoxJones]

After that video, I bet the geezer took that brass up the apple and pears for a quick bit of how's ya farver. I know I would.

[@H4CK61]

Puker son so would I.

[@JoeeyTheeKangaroo]

Translation: After that video I think that esteemed established gentleman took that lass up the stairs for a quick bit of cheeky rumpy pumpy. I know i'd drag my testicles though 20 miles of broken glass just for her.

[@Isleofskye]

Let's hope his Trouble and Saucepans don't find out..

[@johnchallener]

Better than having an Arthur eh?

[@Isleofskye]

@@johnchallener A "J " Arthur, surely. Or, alternatively, a Sherman or Jodrell...:)

[@tonybaker55]

I was born in a town in Surrey, which then became part of Greater London, so not a Cockney. At school, there were a lot of mixed accents, from pronounced English to Cockney. My Mum always used to tell me off when I dropped my "h" or "t". My sister had elocution lessons when young and when we are in the same room, you would never think we are siblings.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Same on the other side of London for me - born in Hertfordshire but found myself in Greater London without moving house.

[@kerrydoutch5104]

Aussie here. Interesting that a lot of the features of Cockney are still recognisable in Australian speech patterns particularly in the "broad" Australian accent. Guess it makes sense given the way the Australian accent developed from out British beginnings.

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

Alot of the Aussie accent comes from Suffork.

[@markhughes8314]

I thought Strine was a cross of Cockney and Irish? Don't know where I got that from btw.

[@kerrydoutch5104]

@@markhughes8314 I think its a mix of all the British and Irish regional accents which makes it hard for non Aussies to copy

[@chrisperyagh]

I'm originally from Chichester and speak with a fair amount of Cockneyisms that are fairly common here, much to the annoyance of teachers and even some other people from the area - mainly dropping Hs, Ts, soft final Ls and not saying THs properly. I had to learn the proper way to make the 'th' sound when I lived in Canada and went to school there. I got a lot of stick when I moved back to the UK not long after, but shrugged it off over time to revert back to where I once was.

[@claregale9011]

Trouble and strife = wife. I say wiv for with . My family originate from lambeth south east london traced back to the 1700s . 😊

[@viviennerose6858]

Don't beat yourself up, that 'account' was pretty damned good! I was brought up in a cockney area, some family still use it, but most speak more 'properly' (I'm from a huge family). You're doing extremely well, and would easily get by

[@andybaker2456]

Oh mate, you've fallen into that old American trap of thinking us Londoners are Australian! I've been to the US many times, and if I had a pound for every time I've been asked if I'm Australian...

[@101steel4]

Yep my cousin is from London, lives in Florida and everyone thinks he's Australian. They really aren't great on accents lol

[@andybaker2456]

Some people think it's because everyone in the US thinks we all speak with an RP accent. So when they hear an accent that isn't American and isn't RP, they think we can't be English, they know we're not American, so assume we must be Australian!

[@raythomas4812]

snap !

[@mlee6050]

​@@andybaker2456RP?

[@mlee6050]

Us British Australians talk well 😜

[@stephenlee5929]

Hi Connor, Just to clarify The start, Are you having a Bubble, Bubble in this instance is short for bubble bath, which would rhyme with Laugh. Note the might have spoken about the Bubble, who is a Greek bloke, as in Bubble and Squeak, rhymes with Greek.

[@ianwalker5842]

You did a really good job here, Connor! Apart from the 'au' and 'ai' diphthong sounds, which at times you do tend to Australian-ize... Although there's a cockney influence in the way some of us Aussies speak, there are also subtle differences that are harder to pick up by the American ear. Having said that though, congratulations on the progress you've made, you're really getting it!

[@johnchallener]

They say that Aussie accent has a lot of southern England in it

[@beerguy177]

dude I think you are an honorary brit

[@LoC28C]

I liKee the way you stared at the audience when you said that you are native. LOL

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

The puzzlement on your face is priceless

[@H4CK61]

Bubble bath laugh

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

You're doing pretty well! The "wiv" sound of "with" is used before a vowel, it's just "wi" if it's before a consonant. And the Sydney Australian accent has a lot of cockney in its ancestry, so it's no surprised you noticed the similarity. If you want to hear a cockney accent in action, try finding video clips of Danny Dyer, Ray Winstone, or Barbara Windsor. My own original accent was a closely related "Norf Lunnen" (North London) accent.

[@zee2012]

Even in London we have regional accents North, South, East and West London all sound different from each other, People from outside London don't realy notice it but Londoners do, apart from the east end accent mainly because it is very distinctive people tend to recognise it more.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I am from, and am still living in South East London and I do not like it when people say people like me are South Londoners. Our accent is TOTALLY different. For one thing, we do not say sarf for South, but the South Londoners do.

[@Grib68-]

Harry Enfield did a comedy skit called telecockneys,it’s a parody of the Teletubbies.

[@BigAlCapwn]

Are you having a bubble = Are you having a laugh. Bubble = Bubble Bath = Laugh

[@ericbyo9472]

Best thing with accents is to try and relax into it, trying too hard and being stiff is usually what trips people up.

[@lg_believe333]

I’m a cockney Connor but unfortunately genuine cockneys are a dying breed now in the U.K. but we don’t always speak with Cockney rhyming slang, like in this video but we do speak with the same accent. Oh by the way Connor you said your English 😂 but shouldn’t that be New English if your from New England. 😂

[@julianrogers8608]

almost every word in this video is normal across most accents im from wales and i say most of these words the same should also do welsh accents i watched ur video on wales history alot of the words you said perfectly which most welsh cant even pronounce

[@JustinSawyer-ji5wm]

Connor said he can't sleep on his Roberta. He has to sleep on his side.

[@Isleofskye]

I have to alter my sleeping position as I get a pain in the Gregory's..

[@anthonyyarwood]

I'm from Manchester but I use all the same words as him. The only thing that is different is are accents. We say words the same but you would know that he's from London and me from Manchester.

[@JoeeyTheeKangaroo]

It's really confusing to me, I'm from Greater Manchester & I thought they'd get someone who sounds like Michael Caine not someone who sounds similar to me.

[@andybaker2456]

He was using the same words as she was though, just pronouncing them with his London accent.

[@dommyd4]

Dude you neeeeeeed to watch white gold. Brilliant!

[@leehallam9365]

Connor, you did very well.Dick Van Dyke would be proud.

[@Grigpig]

This one reminds me of Luke’s failure in the cave.

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

There's over 40 accents over here. Ooh my Cockney accent is cool! Yay. 😁😁😁

[@raythomas4812]

I was born in Mile End - East London , and then moved to Bow - Then Essex - Then Elephant and castle , now Bromley ...Cockney or Common ?

[@marcussmith8747]

Bit late to the party, but as a north Yorkshire man (Scarborough) who has never set foot in London, I think I have almost, if not all of, the same talking characteristics as the cockney guy.

[@neilgayleard3842]

He thinks he's English/ British. No he's bit plastic paddy.

[@enemde3025]

Mary Poppins...FFS !! NEVER joke about being a Brit just because your great, great, great grandmothers' dog was born here !! " bubble"= bubble baff (bath) = laff (laugh). The " butter" meme is from Newcastle.

[@101steel4]

Septic ain't got a Scooby😁

[@robbeaman3542]

To say account... Say it without closing your lips. Keep lips apart. Naturally Americans say accownt...

[@LowGrav1ty]

It's pronounced similar to "A Can't" 😂

[@keefsmiff]

Great Chris Pratt impression lol

[@Bennyboy138]

The "are you having a bubble" phrase just means 'are you joking'. In the UK we usually say 'are you having a laugh' but in cockney slang they say 'bubble' just because bubble is attributed to 'bubble bath' and 'bath' rhymes with 'laugh'.....if that makes sense 😵‍💫😆

[@kimwilson3863]

If you watch Only Fools and Horses you will pick up cockney quicker as it's speaking in sentences not single words. Rhyming slang is not hard, it's not like enigma, it's just rhyming one word with another, not rocket science lol. You can do it with any words and with an American accent. Pick the rhyme then shorten it by dropping one word. Ruby Murray (old time singer) = curry, drop Murray and you have, "I'm goin for a ruby". Rosie Lee (old time actress) = Cup a tea, drop Lee and you have, "do ya want a cup a rosie". Simples! 😁 like bubble bath = laugh, drop bath and you have "you avin a bubble"? Try it yourself with words that are more known and familiar with Americans. Have fun.😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Isleofskye]

It is difficult because the connecting word is not,often,spoken. My Trouble and Saucepans taught me that.L( There is an example. Who was I referring to as my Trouble and Saucepans,Kim?

[@kimwilson3863]

@@Isleofskye Well that's a new one on me. I know trouble and strife is wife but I can't think of a word that rhymes with saucepans, and I have a large vocabulary. I suppose it also depends on your pronunciation of the word, so saucepans can have emphasis on sauce or pans thereby changing the sound of word to be rhymed. I am intrigued, please let me know. 🤔

[@H4CK61]

@@kimwilson3863 saucepan lids ...kids

[@kimwilson3863]

@@H4CK61 yep I know that one lol. The trick is the second word should be one syllable to get the right rhythm and the subject must be one everyone is familiar with. Today people use Ruby for curry even though they probably have no idea who Ruby Murray was.

[@kimwilson3863]

Of course it could be rhymed if the word was saucepan rhyming with man ie, saucepan =old man but the use of two double syllables in trouble then saucepans doesn't lend itself to a quick rhyme making it more complicated.

[@quingquong]

Having a.bubble = Bubble bath = having a laugh.

[@bigphizza2819]

Cor blimey guv'nor, you 'avin a giraffe?

[@magnolia7277]

Looking good in black!

[@davidjones3890]

Have a go at Brummie next, iit's alsow vedy diistiinctiive, ay it?

[@ashscott6068]

It's just whichever is easiest to say. "Wimmee" is easier to say than "with me" or "wiv me". But "Wivvim" is easier to say than "with him" or "wi'im".

[@brendaflower7790]

Really! Both my parents were cockneys, born within the sound of Bow bells, that is to say The Church of St Mary- le- Bow in The London Borough Of Stepney in The East End of London. My father had the old dialect and this is nothing like it.Also you cannot call yourself a Cockney unless you are born within the sound of Bow Bells. Other than that you are just a Londoner.

[@bill-wd7zs]

That were rite plotin!

[@susangarvey9415]

I cant tell you how many times ive been asked what part of Australia I'm from when i lived in Ireland and its ilegal to 'ave butter on our bread in our 'ouse, only bu'err will do fanks!

[@ronaldball7023]

Bubble bath - laugh

[@stuarthumphrey1787]

You're almost a cockney Connor. You did well considering you only knew the Dick Van Dyke version, who BTW sounds absolutely bloomin awful

[@danc1897]

Come wi'me - I suggest the cockneys drop "th" entirely in that phrase actually. (My dad is a cockney by the way).

[@susangarvey9415]

Anyone else think that Connor looks like Harry Styles or do i need new specs?

[@dazparry1580]

I didn't doubt your Englishness, too much Jimmy Carr about you. Haha.

[@auldfouter8661]

AFAIK Jimmy Carr's parents were Irish.

[@dazparry1580]

@@auldfouter8661 but not jimmy..

[@kevino2622]

Bubble Bath... Laugh

[@generaladvance5812]

This was a better attempt than the Geordie. I think you did pretty well.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Strange. To my South East London ears, Connor sounded more convincing with his attempt at a Geordie accent.

[@Loki1815]

Go wiv 'im not go wiv Him.. 'avin' not Having 'ouse, 'elp, 'ello, 'ow, nah, all, liek, nite, Wal-a, Bet-a, but-a, twit-a accoun...

[@viviennerose6858]

Quite a lot of the time you will hear me instead of my. For example me muvva = my mother. Where's me shoes, where's me dinna (dinner) etc. Words ending er always sound like a - almost like u, as in up

[@raythomas4812]

I'm Married to a Bubble ( Bubble and Squeak = Greek )

[@martinburke362]

Americans just don't realise how funny they are when they attempt a British accent😂😂😂

[@kevino2622]

This is my accent (mine is a mixture of cockney and Essex accent), you do a pretty good job of copying... the way you're ending words with a hard A "twittAH" is closer to the Essex accent

[@MrE1871]

Your cockney accent is pretty close now on a lot of the words Connor. I find on some words Londoners almost don’t pronounce the letter t. The way they say water sounds like war er to me and with account it sounds like accoun to me.

[@angelavara4097]

We sound a lot like cockneys here in wolverhampton,well I do anyway.

[@martinwebb1681]

Cor blimey you're pushing it a bit aint you, when I used to deliver up there from down here I certainly didn't hear anything like a cockney around your way ... not even close.

[@andybaker2456]

I used to work with a bloke from round your way here in London. We took the mick out of his accent all the time!

[@robertallmark248]

Born with in the sound of Bow bells was you my little cockney rebel. Love and peace angela

[@101steel4]

No, no you don't

[@brigidsingleton1596]

No wonder you like the English comedian, Mickey Flanagan... He really does talk like that guy Paul.. and I prefer Paul speaking than that girl, sorry, I missed her name. I still think your description of Paul's way of speaking,, as being cool, is odd though.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

As someone who was born in East London, I don't think I can watch this, sorry mate. Leaving a comment for the algorithm though.

[@Isleofskye]

I watched it with my trouble and saucepans.

[@BasherBrookes]

For twitter account say twitta accant 👍😎

[@Loki1815]

I haven't watched this yet but Oh, No!.....

[@6sofar_]

love it,, but its pisser tho..pisser=funny... just how ya repeating its ace like you're getting way better with it... just need seem someone so invested the British accents cuz its just like nothing to us.. but yeah keep doing thing G and keel learning!

[@neuralwarp]

No. True Cockneys don't glottalise their medial Ts, only their terminal Ts. That's the Estuary accent.

[@ericg5791]

Oi Con. It ain't exactly that some of the words are pro nAnced differently,they are just said quicker than the lazier slower Queens English

[@barryfeagan3969]

your insult to the whole of the UK. "She sounds more American". You are getting too cheeky in your old age mate.!!!

[@rjart4]

The Geordie video was far funnier.

[@raythomas4812]

The worse one I've ever heard is Dick Van Dyke - I cringe whenever I hear it

[@johnhood3172]

I think accents are caused by laziness in speech over time.

[@davidware9549]

With cockney people are only cockney if they are born within distance of the church bells st Mary le bow in the city of London

[@neuralwarp]

Yes, you keep pronouncing the terminal R. The pseudo-Cockney is saying AH. //Be ' ah// //Twi ' erra cann '//

[@ZombieATAT]

Firstly, no. Just because your great-great-grandfather was born in another country, doesn't mean you're that nationality. I know you're joking Conner but your countrymen actually take this stuff seriously (and it's BS). Secondly, no. Nobody in England, expect other Cockney folk, love the Cockney accent. She's lying Conner. Thirdly, no. This accent is too easy because it's familiar. Just like "posh twat", this accent is one of the only two British ones that are in US films. Try Scouse, Yorkshire or even Weegie.

[@Isleofskye]

My Trouble loves The Cockney accent.

[@ZombieATAT]

@@Isleofskye I've never heard anyone say they like that accent.

[@Isleofskye]

@@ZombieATAT Leave it out, Squire. You have got to be'aving a Giraffe. Everyone loves a chirpy,cheeky Cockney...

[@ZombieATAT]

@@Isleofskye No they don't, you just love yourselves (which is fine lol). I don't find people from any UK region or county really care too strongly about other accents. In comparison to the US and for Connor to understand, you're basically New Jersey. Folks out in; Houston, Portland, Detroit or Charlotte, aren't sat around wishing they had a New Jersey accent. Sorry :)

[@Isleofskye]

@@ZombieATAT To face the harsh reality that everyone in The UK does not want to be a cheery, cheeky, chirpy, cock er nee, like me, both saddens and disappoints me in equal measures. I shall,personally,just have to continue with my lifelong Received Pronunciation that I was taught at Grammar School, near Brixton,back in the late 1960s lol

[@antoineduchamp4931]

Your cockney shows good promise Connor! but really it is an accent absorbed into the accent of London in general. It is not pleasant to my ear and a lot of people... but you get criticised if you say this. Basically it is the ultimate in lazy, lazy prononciation.

[@martinwebb1681]

Go take a swim in the Thames.

[@antoineduchamp4931]

@@martinwebb1681 cannot swim.

[@Isleofskye]

@@antoineduchamp4931 All the better! I jeste.mon ami...

[@antoineduchamp4931]

@@Isleofskye tant mieux mon vieux

[@Isleofskye]

@@antoineduchamp4931 I am so sorry, monsieur,, mais mon french is a little bit, how you say? , rusty...

[@JoeeyTheeKangaroo]

Oh God. Be very careful here, imitation isn't really considered flattering if you are being insulting and stereotypical. And as I am typing this you say 'I'm English so I am so I am native.' please don't do this geneticism bullshit, I get it was a joke though.

[@JoeeyTheeKangaroo]

That being said I'm glad you noticed the T, the omittance of the T and your D in saying 'water'. Many Americans make fun of us for saying it like this. Also many Australians were people who were from Essex originally which is why Aussies sound like cockneys.

[@auldfouter8661]

@@JoeeyTheeKangaroo I have a recording of my father's late cousin born 1907 made in 1997. He was an Essex farmer and to my ear his speech sounds partially like an Australian. I'm Scots - as was the Essex farmer's father , but there was no trace of Scots in his accent. His mother was local Essex ( Dunmow).

[@andrewsims4123]

There are accents in America, a great many of them. It's about time you explored these things in your own country. Accents are common throughout the world young man and can identify when you come from within towns and cities the lady presenting the video is not American 😡 not everyone on the planet is American, quit being so arrogant 😡the guy is not Australian I can assure you. What is it with Americans , why are you always being offensive 😡

[@longshanks90]

Bubble bath laugh

[@Isleofskye]

You explained the connection but she didn't!

[@longshanks90]

@@Isleofskye literally no rhyming slang either just a working class london accent like 90% of us