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C. Types of Slang Language
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After reading the book “Slang Today and Yesterday” by Eric Partridge, the writer finds that there are some types of slang language. Some of the slang types are:
1. Cockney Slang
The term cockney is often used to refer to working-class people of London. Particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. It is also often used in
reference to the “cockney accent”.
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Linguistically, cockney slang is the brightest spot in England and in many other ways and this cockney has a very pronounced accent.
Cockney slang used by educated and Middle-Class People. Cockney slang also used by the semi-literate and the quite illiterate. Cockney speakers have a
distinctive accent and dialect, and frequently use Cockney rhyming slang
. Cockney slang in the society of England is the slang that some words are easy
to be understood directly. It’s easy for know and understanding words of cockney slang if we used slang dictionary and Standard English dictionary. Cockney speakers
have a distinctive accent and dialect. In ordinary Cockney, there are two kinds.
- The first is the Cockney slang used by the educated and middle class people.
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Ibid p.148
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Wikipedia, Cockney ,the free Encyclopedia. Accesed on October 8, 2007. http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiCockney
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xxii - The second is the Cockney slang used by the semi literate and quite literate
people. Below are some examples of Cockney slang that commonly used in the daily
speaking by middle class and educated people: -
Chickalery cove means, a very smart fellow, “perfect’ in dress, able in business, and of a dashing deportment.
- Come over on a Whelk Stall, means to do things, especially to dress, in
style. -
See the breeze and taste the sun with which compare feel the shrimps, means an expression of summer enjoyment at escaping from London to an
open common. And below are some examples of Cockney slang that commonly used in their
daily speaking by the semi literate and quite illiterate: - Sky a Copper means To make a disturbance.
- Up the pole means drunk.
- Monaker means a name, a title.
2. Public House slang
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