So last month we heard what Donald Trump might sound like if he had a British accent, and it was sort of surreal — but not nearly as surreal as he sounds with a Cockney accent. See also: Hey America, ...

Steve Harley has left the stage, dead at 73, and British music will be a little emptier for his absence. He may never have achieved the greatness for which he once seemed destined, when he shimmied ...

The Cockney accent is one of the most recognizable styles in British English, known for its unique pronunciation, rhythm, and ...

LONDON – Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday ...

Cockney Rebel frontman Steve Harley has died “peacefully at home” at the age of 73, his family has announced. The musician rose to prominence in the 1970s with the rock band, best known for their hit ...

While performing on stage for over 50 years and sharing songs like “Judy Teen”, “Mr. Soft” and “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)”, Steve Harley, known for being the frontman of Cockney Rebel, sadly ...

The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place throughout ...

(CBS News) Rest in peace, Cockney rhyming slang. Apparently Britons no longer know the "dickie birds" (words). According to a new poll, the whimsical dialect associated with London's working class is ...

We ended last week’s column with the Yiddish expression plotkes, loksh, boydem, politsa, “crappies, noodles, attic, shelf,” or alternately, loksh, boydem, politsa or boydem mit politsa, in the sense ...

Would you Adam and Eve it some people don’t have a clue what a Ruby Murray is? Surely they’re having a bubble and getting themselves in the barney rubble or telling porkie pies if they don’t? If you ...

LONDON — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday ...