In our final video on UK slang we're looking at some of the most famous and fun slang in Britain - Cockney rhyming slang! Although it comes from the East End of London, everyone in the UK knows these expressions and you'll sometimes hear people use them just for fun! Tell us which one you like best! Check out this blog for lots more: http://bit.ly/GuideToUKSlang Neil | LearnEnglish – British Council

1967: Dick Van Dyke on that cockney accent. “I bounced all over the British Isles!”. It’s Dick Van Dyke’s 100th birthday. In 1967 whilst filming the classic children’s film ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ playing the role of Caractacus Potts, Dick Van Dyke spoke to BBC reporter Michael Dean. Amongst the topics discussed was the ability of American actors to do English accents and a very chipper Van Dyke admitted that his cockney accent in the Mary Poppins film had at times strayed into other regions o