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Can someone place this accent from Band Of Brothers?

In the first episode, Malarkey has an encounter with a British solder dressed in a German uniform to familiarize the troops with the look of the enemy. When this fellow speaks he has a particular regional English accent which is very pronounced and makes him virtually incomprehensible. Can anyone tell me what sort of accent this is and, for that matter, what is he actually saying? I can't make it out to save my life.

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  • jk
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Its a cockney accent. It not a regional accent it from east end London.

    Hes even using cockney slang.

    Theres one or two words I cant really hear but heres most of it -

    No its all right mate we're Tommies.

    Not bleedin boche.

    Yeah, yeah, Well some of its from the Hermans some the tailors knocked up, for you lads actually so you can get your mince pies on this Gerry clobber, if you know what I mean.

    Yeah pukka innit.

    Hey mate you're havin a bath if you think you're half inchin that.

    Tommies = English soldiers

    Boche = insulting word for Germans

    Hermans = Germans

    tailors knocked up = tailors made

    mince pies = eyes

    Gerry = German soldier

    Clobber = clothes

    pukka = good

    innit = isn't it

    havin a bath = having a laugh

    half inchin = pinching = stealing

    Source(s): Just rewatched that episode
  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Band Of Brothers Malarkey

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