Skins (TV series) As well as the regular cast, there are several important recurring characters. Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario) is Tony's younger sister, and shares many of her brother's qualities. She is mysterious and manipulative, and selectively mute during the first series; she regularly breaks the fourth wall. Abigail Stock (Georgina Moffat) is an upper class school girl with sociopathic tendencies, and one of Tony's many sexual conquests. "Posh" Kenneth (Daniel Kaluuya) goes to the same college as the main cast and often spends time with the boys.
Madison "Mad" Twatter (Stephen Walters) features as Sid's emergency drug dealer, Doug (Giles Thomas) is a senior teacher at Roundview College, and British comedian and co-writer Josie Long appears as the college's careers counsellor. The central cast's parents are often played by well-known British actors credited in a guest starring role. Effy Stonem (Kaya Scodelario), Tony's younger sister, becomes the lead character for the second generation. Lady Sovereign. Early life and family[edit] Lady Sovereign was born Louise Amanda Harman in 1985 to Colin Adien Harman and Nicola Parsons (née Wood), in Wembley, northwest London.
She grew up in the run-down Chalkhill Estate — a council estate that has since been demolished — with her parents and two siblings, older sister Chloe Christie (born 1984) and younger brother Richie Colin (born 1987).[4] Lady Sovereign began uploading some of her songs and a picture to various music web sites when she was 15. She told Newsweek in 2006 that comments initially ran along the lines of, "You're white. You're a girl. Lady Sovereign signed with Universal in 2004. Her mother was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour and died on 14 March (Mothering Sunday in the UK) 2010.[7] Career[edit] 2005-2006: Early singles and EPs[edit] "The Battle" began a string of singles that would push Lady Sovereign into the spotlight. Lady Sovereign at Reading Festival, 2006 2006-2009: Public Warning[edit] 2009-present: Jigsaw and Hiatus[edit] Mockney. Mockney (a portmanteau of "mock" and "Cockney") is an affected accent and form of speech in imitation of Cockney or working class London speech, or a person with such an accent.
A stereotypical Mockney speaker comes from an upper-middle class background.[1] A person speaking with a Mockney accent might adopt Cockney pronunciation but retain standard grammatical forms whereas the genuine Cockney speaker would use non-standard forms (e.g. negative concord). Details[edit] The first published use of the word according to the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1967.[2] One explanation of dialect adoption given in social linguistics is prestige. A person is likely to adopt speech patterns (including accent, vocabulary, dialect or even language) which they perceive as 'prestigious'. Notable persons described as Mockney include: See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Sources[edit] Wot’s He Sayin’?