奥戴丽?赫本在里面演一个说满口伦敦土话的卖花女,受训练让人把她当成上流社会的淑女。
Audrey Hepburn plays a cockney flower girl who is trained to pass as an upper-class lady.
伦敦东区土话传说就诞生在伦敦东部。甚至在此地的圣玛丽-里-波(St Mary - le - Bow)教堂钟声听力所及范围内伦敦东区土话也不再如此普遍。
The traditional Cockney accent is fading and is no longer so common even within earshot of the bells of st Mary-le-Bow church in east London, where by legend it was born.
克尔·斯威尔(Kers will)先生预测到2030年为止,当伦敦人搬出时,伦敦东区土话影响的河口英语将主宰东部和东南部的大部分。
Mr Kerswill predicts that, by 2030, Cockney-influenced Estuary English will dominate most of the east and south-east, as Londoners move out.
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