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Do you know your Cockney Rhyming Slang?
Toycoon:
--- Quote ---"I’m climbing the apples."
Apples is short for Apples and Pears which rhymes with Stairs
…. So the sentence means ….."I’m climbing the stairs."
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Huh? Man, English sure is a difficult language to learn! I'm sticking to Spanish, myself.
Apples and Pears? Susiebell, I'm worried I'll visit England and I won't know what anyone is talking about!
ifyoucantfixit:
Toy Coon
"I’m climbing the apples."
Apples is short for Apples and Pears which rhymes with Stairs
…. So the sentence means ….."I’m climbing the stairs."
Huh? Man, English sure is a difficult language to learn! I'm sticking to Spanish, myself.
Apples and Pears? Susiebell, I'm worried I'll visit England and I won't know what anyone is talking about!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Kerry:
1. I’m feelin’ a bit moby today.
= Moby Dick = sick
2. According to the hickory we’re late.
= hickory dickory dock = clock
3. I put on me best whistle.
???
4. Allo’ me old china.
= china plate = mate
5. He always rabbits on about something.
???
6. Them bloody teapots are under foot again.
???
7. She’s always on the dog.
= dog and bone = phone (this is my favourite from "Minder")
8. I kicked this geezer in the berlins.
= Berlin Wall = balls
9. My bloody pitch kept me late again.
???
10. Old Jim is brown.
= brown ale = pale
11. Get your plates off the table.
= plates of meat = feet
12. He shouldn’t be drivin’, he’s elephants.
= elephant's trunk = drunk
13. It’s my shout, I’ll get you a pig.
= pig's tail = ale
14. My bloody cherry ran off again.
= cherry tart = cart
15. I’d like you to meet the trouble.
= trouble and strife = wife
16. I’ve lost the keys to the mickey.
= Mickey Mouse = house
17. I’ve got no sausage.
???
18. Next thing I know he's got his Oliver in my face.
= Oliver Twist = fist
19. That sounds robin.
= Robin Hood = good
20. 'e can't afford it - 'e ain't got a corn.
= corn cob = bob
That was fun Susie. :D Must confess, though, that I had to guess some. :-\ And some I couldn't even guess at! ::) I used to know a lot more during the days of "Minder," which I loved, and I got others from "The Bill," which I'm addicted to and never miss an episode. 8) Speaking of "The Bill," is "tosser" rhyming slang? I know it's an insult but don't know what it means. ???
Kerry:
--- Quote from: Susiebell on August 11, 2007, 04:48:31 pm ---I'll have to look up the origins of the word "tosser" for you! It's slang for a man who's .... how shall I put it .... uh hum .... pleasuring himself!!
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Oh, now I understand. In Australia, we call such a person a "Wanker"!!! :D
Toycoon:
--- Quote --- Hey ... why didn't you do my quiz??
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Mainly because I'm completely perplexed by the Queens' English! I swear I just don't get it.
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