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Travel the World A Cockney's London

Cockney

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Dropping your h's		1min 19 sec
Place Names: Holloway, Hampstead Hercules the Hunter hit his head very hard, and the hurt hurt terribly hard
/ai/ instead of /ei/
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. Also: The rain in Calcutta falls mainly in the gutter
Rhyming Slang
Use your loaf (of bread) = use your head Me plates (of meat) are hurting! (My feet are hurting) Bramhs and Listz = pissed = drunk!, e.g. I'm totally Bramhs and Listz! Apples and pears = stairs, e.g. I'm going up the apples / I'm going up the Apples and Pears