Why I've never really got Cockney Rhyming slang

[PSRB]

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

[Burney]

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?

[World's End Stella]

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

[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 right

[Ash]

Wasn't the idea that it shouldn't be comprehensible to others rather than it should be quicker to say?

Yes, particularly the Police.

[SWv2]

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.

[Rich]

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)?

[Luis Anaconda]

What other monetary equivalents are there? Am I right in saying that a bag of sand is £1000 (a grand)?

:hehe: I thought that sounded more mockney than cockney but apparently so according to this http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/subjects/money

[barrybueno]

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...

[barrybueno]

:hehe: 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 :clap:

[Herbette Chapman - aged 15]

Rose a lea - Tea

It's Rosy Lee you bleedin' gormless berkshire hunt

[PSRB]

It's Rosy Lee you bleedin' gormless berkshire hunt

Surrey, actually