Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney?

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Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney? July 05, 2006 at 08:44 PM UTC #

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What gives? Does he speak with a Brooklyn accent to sell car insurance in the UK? Do Americans even know what "Free Pie & Chips" are?

Mobius

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Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney? July 05, 2006 at 10:04 PM UTC #

He sounds like David Beckham.

callat703

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Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney? July 05, 2006 at 10:39 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Rakim Indie Balzac:
What gives? Does he speak with a Brooklyn accent to sell car insurance in the UK? Do Americans even know what "Free Pie & Chips" are?

I don't know, but I think those commercials are hilarious.

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Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney? July 05, 2006 at 11:06 PM UTC #

They know we are all a bunch of Anglophiles! :D

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Re: Why does that cheeky Geico Gekko speak Cockney? July 05, 2006 at 11:18 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Jaguar:
They know we are all a bunch of Anglophiles!

Although I'm a Anglophone, I'm no Homophone…but I DO HAVE a pink Princessphone.

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Pie?

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Chips?