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[edit] Accent
Removed "There is a distinct accent, characterised by a different way of pronouncing the English th consonant. South Londoners tend to pronounce this as ff. There is probably an historic reason for this." Most of the South isn't associated with that accent and besides its not a good description, but I see what you're getting at: 'sauff london'. Put back in if you can qualify. Jihg 21:18, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
- Yes - this is obviously contentious. I mentioned this as it is a personal observation (I moved to South London 6 years ago.) I actually have found that it is the case. I think you may have assumed I meant that the "th" consonant is pronounced as "ff" by "lower class" people, or "working class" people. In fact this is not what I meant - I have noticed that "middle class" people who originate in South London also use this sound: it is not a strongly social-class related thing (as your use of the illustrative "sauff" (or even "sarf") for "south" seems to somewhat suggest!), at least in my experience. It is a subtle accent characteristic. I agree this is a subjective observation, but I thought it would be interesting to mention it. Many accent characteristics are very subtle and for that reason difficult to describe and classify. Duncan Smith 09:58, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- I've heard "th" as "v" in words like "brother" so they sound like "bruva".Cameron Nedland 23:25, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Where is South London?
Where is "South" London?. I know South East and South West London, but I've never been to "South" London - what's it's postcode? Cheers, Lion King 19:03, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- Lion King, are you thinking that the South London article should be split into South West London and South East London? Or are you thinking (like me) that South London as an area really does not include places like Kingston? My gut feeling (as a Sarf Londoner) is that South London really only means the north-west of Bromley, the north of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Wandsworth. The rest are really just Surrey and Kent. --A bit iffy 20:16, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
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- I'm thinking that by using a term such as south London, is causing people to think that there are no Cockneys in south east London and that Cockneys only come from east London, see what I mean? Lion King 21:41, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Postcodes
there are no 'south' london postcodes, just southwest(sw) and southeast(se) but they cover the whole of south london if you follow. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.43.209.252 (talk • contribs) .
