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Thread: Why I've never really got Cockney Rhyming slang

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    Why I've never really got Cockney Rhyming slang

    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

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    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?

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by World's End Stella View Post
    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 right

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    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Wasn't the idea that it shouldn't be comprehensible to others rather than it should be quicker to say?
    Yes, particularly the Police.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    Yes, particularly the Police.
    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.

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SWv2 View Post
    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.

    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)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich View Post
    What other monetary equivalents are there? Am I right in saying that a bag of sand is £1000 (a grand)?
    I thought that sounded more mockney than cockney but apparently so according to this http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/subjects/money

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich View Post
    What other monetary equivalents are there? Am I right in saying that a bag of sand is £1000 (a grand)?
    Ive always liked that one, dont get much chance to say it these days

    Theres Cock and Hen and Lady Godiva, Ive never understood why a pony is £25 tho...
    'Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
    But different than the day before'

    'Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like Little Red Riding Hood'

    'Now you're unemployed, all non-void
    Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    I thought that sounded more mockney than cockney but apparently so according to this http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/subjects/money
    Just had a quick look at that, a Commodore
    'Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
    But different than the day before'

    'Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like Little Red Riding Hood'

    'Now you're unemployed, all non-void
    Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd'

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