Adele and Stormzy epitomise a new wave of British accents in the south of England (Picture: Getty) Accents such as Cockney and Queen’s English have all but disappeared amongst British youth – and been ...

The King's English and Cockney are no longer common dialects among young people in the South East of England, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Essex studied the dialects of ...

Move over Cockney, Multicultural London English (MLE) could one day take over not just the capital and the south, but the rest of the Britain, too, according to research recently carried out. The ...

There is evidence that an emerging variety of English spoken by young Londoners—Multicultural London English (MLE)—has a more even syllable rhythm than Southern British English (SBE). Given findings ...

Sitting on the floor of a rehearsal room in east London in leggings, T-shirts and headbands, a group of teenage dancers laughed about how quickly their language changes, rattling off "old" words still ...

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