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Those Whacky Cockneys
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: souxi on September 13, 2007, 03:06:54 pm ---That is quite correct Jeff. What would be wrong with you if you had a "dodgy strawberry"? ;)
What would you be doing if you were having a " dig in the grave" and what would you be doing if you were "brushing your railings"?
Answers on a postcard please. ;) ;D :laugh:
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I was watching the movie "To Sir With Love" with Sidney Poitier the other day, and one of the kids in the movie did this. He said somebody's house was "just up the frog". Sidney Poitier asked him what he meant by that, and he explained that Road rhymes with Toad, and Toad = Frog. Sidney give the young man a very confused look, so I don't think he quite understood the boy's explanation. But TSWL was made in 1967, so apparently this is something they have been doing in England for years. :)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: David on September 13, 2007, 03:23:32 pm ---I was watching the movie "To Sir With Love" with Sidney Poitier the other day, and one of the kids in the movie did this. He said somebody's house was "just up the frog". Sidney Poitier asked him what he meant by that, and he explained that Road rhymes with Toad, and Toad = Frog. Sidney give the young man a very confused look, so I don't think he quite understood the boy's explanation. But TSWL was made in 1967, so apparently this is something they have been doing in England for years. :)
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Probably the Cockneys have been doing it for centuries.
I also think I remember reading that to be a true Cockney, you have to have been born within the sound of the bells of the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, but don't ask me where I might have read that!
And I wonder whether anybody has ever elucidated the origin of the word Cockney itself?
fritzkep:
A cockney might compliment a woman on the beauty of her bristols. Bristol = Bristol City = titty.
Lynne:
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