My Dad's cockney, he doesn't say "Ax." But then I think years of enforced corrections from my mother have beat the cockney out of him.
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Quote: zooo @ May 29 2008, 11:12 AM BSTAha! That explains my uncle.
It's cos he's a cockney!
Dick Van Dyke's voice in Mary Poppins never sounded weird to me as a kid, because my uncle's Cockney/Manchester mix sounds exactly like him.
Are you a Cock-er-ney?
My Grandad's a Cock-er-ney, but left the area fairly young due to the war (his street is now a park, courtesy of one Mr A. Hitler, No. 1 Berlin), so has no traces of accent or linguistic patterns.
I never saw the problem in Bert's accent either!
Quote: PhQnix @ May 29 2008, 11:14 AM BSTMy Dad's cockney, he doesn't say "Ax." But then I think years of enforced corrections from my mother have beat the cockney out of him.
Ha!
Quote: Aaron @ May 29 2008, 11:18 AM BSTAre you a Cock-er-ney?
I don't think so.
I have no idea what I sound like to be honest.
Apart from sounding like a 7 year old when on tape.
I just sound retarded to anyone else, particularly when recorded. I try to avoid talking at all costs.
(It was a quote rather than an actual question BTW, but interesting nonetheless!)
Is it?
Who says are you a cockerney? 
It's out of The Catherine Tate Show - I think a Christmas special, 'cos Lauren's actually in the Queen Vic, asking Peggy.
It's the only thing from the whole series which really sticks in my mind. Brilliant exchange.
It's because your own voice resonates inside your head and your nasal passage, making it sound richer - like double tracking in a recording studio.
God! Can you imagine what Brian Blessed sounds like in his own head?
Quote: Aaron @ May 29 2008, 11:34 AM BSTIt's out of The Catherine Tate Show - I think a Christmas special, 'cos Lauren's actually in the Queen Vic, asking Peggy.
It's the only thing from the whole series which really sticks in my mind. Brilliant exchange.
Ahhh yes.
Quote: Graham Bandage @ May 29 2008, 11:35 AM BSTIt's because your own voice resonates inside your head and your nasal passage, making it sound richer - like double tracking in a recording studio.
Do you mean when listening back, or when actually speaking?
Quote: Aaron @ May 29 2008, 11:36 AM BSTDo you mean when listening back, or when actually speaking?
When you're actually speaking. When you hear yourself on a recording, you always sound reedier. The bad news is, that's how everybody else hears you.
To be honest, I wouldn't speak at all if I thought about it too much.
Quote: zooo @ May 29 2008, 11:35 AM BSTAhhh yes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuFRHIKXvs
Skip to 3:30 
Quote: Graham Bandage @ May 29 2008, 11:38 AM BSTWhen you're actually speaking. When you hear yourself on a recording, you always sound reedier. The bad news is, that's how everybody else hears you.
Oh good Lord zooo. Anyone have a needle and thread?
Quote: Aaron @ May 29 2008, 11:43 AM BSThttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuFRHIKXvs
Skip to 3:30
Teehee, 'ello princess.
'Ello daahhhlin!
My Grandad's a cockney and he doesn't say ax.
However, he does pronounce bagel as 'by-gall'.
Is the 'a' pronounced as a in 'apple', or is it 'or'?