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6 dni temu · Cockney rhyming slang is a traditional and fun extension of the British English language. It originated in the East End of London to conceal what people were saying - and is still used today by many East End residents, young and old. These residents are known as Cockneys.
The idiom made a brief appearance in the UK-based DJ reggae music of the 1980s in the hit "Cockney Translation" by Smiley Culture of South London; this was followed a couple of years later by Domenick and Peter Metro's "Cockney and Yardie".
19 sty 2024 · Grab your best china plate (a.k.a. mate) and feast your mince pies (otherwise known as your eyes) on these fascinating and delightful terms in this guide to Cockney rhyming slang.
10 sie 2023 · Delve into this distinctive form of colloquial expression that makes London's linguistic heritage so intriguing. Navigate the buzzing lanes of East London with rhyming slang such as 'apples & pears', 'dog & bone', and 'butcher's hook'.
4 kwi 2024 · So if you’ve not got a scooby when Londoners reel out the cockney slang phrases, this guide is as good as a subtitles on a Guy Ritchie film. Here’s my cockney slang list, although I’ve added some common sayings that don’t rhythm too, like gander and Dagenham.
6 lis 2020 · Yet beyond the chimney sweep stereotype, Cockney is most famous for a peculiar feature: Cockney rhyming slang. Rhyming slang, for the uninitiated, can be incredibly confusing. At its core, all it does is take one concept and replace it with another.
30 maj 2023 · Real cockneys often don’t use a whole cockney rhyming slang phrase. Instead, they just use the first (non-rhyming) word. So, stairs, which in cockney slang is ‘apples and pears’, becomes ‘apples’ as in, ‘he’s gone down the apples’. And if someone has big feet, or ‘plates of meat’, then they have ‘huge plates’.
