it's quicker to say the actually the word!!!
Examples include
Rub a dub - Pub
Battle Cruiser - Boozer
Britney's (spears) - Beers
Apples & Pears - Stairs
Dog & Bone - Phone
Rose a lea - Tea
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it's quicker to say the actually the word!!!
Examples include
Rub a dub - Pub
Battle Cruiser - Boozer
Britney's (spears) - Beers
Apples & Pears - Stairs
Dog & Bone - Phone
Rose a lea - Tea
Wasn't the idea that it shouldn't be comprehensible to others rather than it should be quicker to say?Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Think your meant to use only the non-rhyming word, mate.
i.e. I'm going to head up the apples and go to bed
I know but in all those examples the version you'd actually say is still longer than what you actually mean. I think Berni's point might be rightQuote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
Yes, particularly the Police.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I introduced my young lad to the concept of rhyming slang in preparation for an imminent visit to London, the city of terror as such.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Given his age names such as Gregory Peck and Ruby Murray were utterly meaningless, the concept of a syrup of figs was redundant and I could not even explain why a monkey was £500.
In summary a disaster.
The whole concept needs modernising.
What other monetary equivalents are there? Am I right in saying that a bag of sand is £1000 (a grand)?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
:hehe: I thought that sounded more mockney than cockney but apparently so according to this http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/subjects/moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Ive always liked that one, dont get much chance to say it these days :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Theres Cock and Hen and Lady Godiva, Ive never understood why a pony is £25 tho...
Just had a quick look at that, a Commodore :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda