英语词汇cockney的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

cockney. Cockney literally means a “cock’s egg,” deriving from the Middle English cokeney. The word first meant a foolish child or a foolish person who did not know a good egg from a cock’s egg or cockney (a small egg with no yolk). Country peo- ple next applied the term to city people in general, then to Lon- doners and finally to London East Enders, people born within sound of the bells of St. Mary-le Bow (Bow Bells) in London who share a characteristic accent called Cockney. See geordie.

词汇	cockney
词源	cockney. Cockney literally means a “cock’s egg,” deriving from the Middle English cokeney. The word first meant a foolish child or a foolish person who did not know a good egg from a cock’s egg or cockney (a small egg with no yolk). Country peo- ple next applied the term to city people in general, then to Lon- doners and finally to London East Enders, people born within sound of the bells of St. Mary-le Bow (Bow Bells) in London who share a characteristic accent called Cockney. See geordie.
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