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Carrying on from the Razzle thread a wee while ago ham shank
My jeans are called Lesleys…Lesley Crowthers…trousers
In the 70s you would have referred to them as Lionels
Variation on a theme... Kuwaiti tanker.
I've always thought Berkshire, though I think I discovered that via the internet rather than organically.
As a former Londoner, we used to use it fairly often but sparingly. Just the odd word here and there.
Gloriously went through this with an Australian. My experience is you don’t verbalise the rhyming part. So Apples, plates, minces etc.
My nan (London born and bred) took it to the next level. In her house, stairs were "the fruit".
Glasgow rhyming slang tends to follow the vernacular spoken word rather than the written.
We’d generally say Deef rather than Def.
Strange. Try as I might, I can't read Perchy's posts in a Scottish accent.
Try as I might, I can’t read Perchy’s posts in a Scottish accent.
That's because i write them in a Home Counties RP accent to confuse people.
We had...
Sky Diver = Fiver
Sky Rocket = Pocket
Paul Weller = Pint of Stella
Grid = Face
Kite = Face
Had no idea Berk was short for Berkshire Hunt
That's cos it's Berkeley Hunt, not Berkshire 😉
Use it all the time. Going for an Eartha after a stemaing Ruby. Rabbitting on, telling porkies, bish bash bosh.
Take a butcher's... would you adam and eve it?
Pony would be more associated with numbers/cash (£25) than going for a 2 bob bit.
We'd often use "pony (and trap)" to describe something as being a bit rubbish.
Never for number twos though.
Bengal lancer describing a confident risk taker
Rabbitting on
I say that all the time. Had no idea it was rhyming slang! (ditto Berk)
ham shank
Or a Sherman.
somewhatslightlydazed
MemberMy jeans are called Lesleys…Lesley Crowthers…trousers
In the 70s you would have referred to them as Lionels
Ahh... Lionel Blairs - trousers.
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Ahh… Lionel Blairs – trousers.
I'd imagine it's a certain type of wide bottomed trouserage.
Ooh 'ello Mr 'Orne! Bona to vada your eek!
Polari - which has a similar root to rhyming slang in that it stops outsiders understanding what's being said.
[Spinal Tap] "......talk about bumcakes, my girl's got 'em" [/Spinal Tap]
Cockney slang just developed over time to hide what was being said from bosses or other outsiders, and usage would spread fairly quickly through tight-knit communities.
Imagine being part of that exclusive, tight knit community having illicit conversations about exotic, forbidden things such as stairs, knees or feet.
The bosses and outsiders must have been so frustrated only understanding half of the conversation.
Imagine being part of that exclusive, tight knit community having illicit conversations about exotic, forbidden things such as stairs, knees or feet.
Considerably more exotic and forbidden if you throw someone down the fruits and nail their plates to the floor before shooting them in the chips.
In every civilised language, we look for ways to say things quickly, efficiently and clearly.
In cockney, they look for ways to say simple things incomprehensibly with three times more words
we look for ways to say things quickly, efficiently and clearly.
Concisely?
'a quick J Arthur'
timeless
Well yes, but you have to consider your audience
consider your audience
Could be worse. Could be verlan. Like French isn't hard enough.
I was amazed when Tim Wannacot left Bargain Hunt and the name stayed the same. Up til then I’d assumed it was rhyming slang for the presenter.