of Cockney
Source: Webster's dictionaryThus while all East Enders are cockneys, not all cockneys are East Enders. Source: Internet
Area main The region in which cockneys are thought to reside is not clearly defined. Source: Internet
Peter Wright, a Survey of English Dialects fieldworker, concluded that this was not a universal feature of cockneys but that it was more common to hear this in the London area than anywhere else in Britain. Source: Internet
The Becontree estate was built by the Corporation of London to house poor residents of London's East End on what was previously a rural area of Essex, and Peter Wright wrote that most of the residents identified as cockneys rather than as Essex folk. Source: Internet