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A Londoner is someone who inhabits or originates from London. Although the term Londoner is generally accepted as covering all people from Greater London, it is sometimes used to mean more narrowly a 'Cockney', and tradition has it that true Cockneys are only those who are born within the sound of Bow Bells (i.e., the peal of the church bells of the parish church at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London). This article is about the British city. ...
Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London and forms one of the nine regions of England. ...
A Cockney, in the loosest sense of the word, is a working-class inhabitant of the East End of London. ...
St Mary-le-Bow Church, built 1671-1680, one of Wrens City Churches built after the Great Fire of London Interior St Mary-le-Bow (Bow Church) is a historic church in the City of London, off Cheapside. ...
A view of Cheapside published in 1837. ...
Londoners have a very distinctive accent, quite different from the general accent of South-Eastern England. Londoners speak with a wide variety of accents from Cockney through to Received Pronunciation, via Estuary English, as well as those of the many ethnic groups there. However younger members of ethnic minorities often acquire an accent very close to one of the mainstream accents. A Cockney, in the loosest sense of the word, is a working-class inhabitant of the East End of London. ...
Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language, sometimes defined as the educated spoken English of southeastern England. ...
Estuary English is a name given to the form of English widely spoken in South East England, especially along the river Thames and its estuary. ...
See also - Londoners.
- Residents and natives of the city of London, Ontario, Canada are also referred to as Londoners.
- The Londoner is a monthly newsletter from the Mayor of London delivered free to all households in Greater London (established under the Greater London Authority Act 1999) and a community paper in London, Ontario.
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This category page lists people native to or long-time resident of the city of London, Ontario, Canada. ...
The current Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. ...
Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London and forms one of the nine regions of England. ...
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References - The Londoner — Community paper
- The Londoner — newsletter
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