Cockney Slang

[Bo8a_Fett]

Interesting factoid about rhyming slang is the way it evolves
A new term being used is a Listerine (a type of mouth wash)
Now this all evolves from the term for Americans
Septic tank = Yank
from this some one who dislikes you lovely people from over the pond is an Anti septic
a type of anti septic is mouthwash and therefore
Listerine is now a common term for someone who is anti U.S.
....simple and logical really...
...by the way I am not a Listerine....lol...not sure about monkey tennis though.....he hates everybody and everything....lol

[highquality]

Southern Slang:

Ya'll = Everyone Else

Fixn = About to do something

Yaontoo = Do you want to do something?

Naw = No

Rot = Right

Memaw = Grandmaw

Papaw = Grandfather

Pickup = Truck

Idjut = Idiot

[Mikey]

Interesting factoid about rhyming slang is the way it evolves
A new term being used is a Listerine (a type of mouth wash)
Now this all evolves from the term for Americans
Septic tank = Yank
from this some one who dislikes you lovely people from over the pond is an Anti septic
a type of anti septic is mouthwash and therefore
Listerine is now a common term for someone who is anti U.S.
....simple and logical really...
...by the way I am not a Listerine....lol...not sure about monkey tennis though.....he hates everybody and everything....lol

You guys are so more artistic in word use than us ........

We still call Englishmen -- Limies

That was made up, in like the 1800's ?

[monkey tennis]

...not sure about monkey tennis though.....he hates everybody and everything....lol

I like Doctor Who.

And

Flight of the Conchords

and

Tea

and

Holidays

and...lots of things...I think.

[Bo8a_Fett]

Yes...Yes ...of course you do..

[cjefferys]

Would you Adam and Eve it ? I thought you all might like to take a
Butchers Hook at this awright...I'm just off to have a cup o' Rosie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPALRwCSv6U
youtube The Bob Hoskins Song



Adam and Eve = Believe
Apples and Pears = stairs
Ball and Chalk = Walk
Barny Rubble = Trouble
Bird Lime = Time
Borasic Lint = Skint (broke)
Brown Bread = Dead
Bread and Honey = Money
Bubble and Squeak = Speak
Bull and Cow = Row
Butchers Hook = Look
Cain and Abel = Table
Cat and Mouse = House
Collar and Tie = Pie
Currant bun = Sun
Dicky Bird = Word (Don't say a Dicky Bird)
Dog and Bone = telephone
Duke of Kent = Rent
Elephant and Castle = Parcel
Flowery Dell = Cell (Prison Cell)
Fore and Aft = Daft
Frog and Toad = Road
Greengages = wages
Half-inch = pinch (to steal)
Highland Fling = Ring
Holy Ghost = Toast
Jam Jar = Car
Jack and Jill = Hill or Bill
Jack the Ripper = kipper
Joanna = Piano
Johnny Horner = Corner
Lemonade = Spade
Linen Draper = Newspaper (Reading the Linen)
Little White Mice = dice
Mutt and Jeff = Deaf
Oily Rag = *** (cigarette)
Oxford Scholar = Dollar
Paraffin Lamp = Tramp
Pen and Ink = Stink
Pork Pies = Lies
Potatoes in the Mould = cold (It's taters, aint it !)
Rabbit and Pork = Talk (Rabbit's too much)
Rosie Lee = Tea
Ruby Murray = Curry
Sausage and Mash = Cash
Septic Tank = Yank
Sherbet Dab = Cab
Steam Tug = Mug
Sweeny Todd = Flying Squad (Police)
Syrup of Fig = Wig
Tea Leaf = thief
Todd Sloane = On your own (on yer Todd)
Uncle Ned = Bed

Cockney rhyming slang fascinates me. I used to know a lot, but besides some of the ones you mentioned, the only other ones I can remember are Chevy Chase = Face, and Judi Dench = Stench.

BTW, I thought pork pies (or porkie pies) = eyes, not lies?

[monkey tennis]

I think that's mince pies = eyes

[Vortigern99]

What bewilders me is that you'll remove the actual rhyming word from the phrase (potatoes in the mold ----> "taters"), so that all sense of the term is entirely lost on anyone not already familiar with the full phrase.

An' that's just fore an' aft, innit?

[Bo8a_Fett]

That's to bamboozle you more just as you think you're getting the hang of it.

[monkey tennis]

We all have Cockney Dictionary's

Called the Cok Dic

[Bo8a_Fett]

Which changes every month...

[cjefferys]

I think that's mince pies = eyes

Ah, maybe that's what I was thinking of.

[Vortigern99]

I couldn't adam my mince pies, I couldn't. I saw a bloke ball into his cat, up the apples an' into a bit o' barney rubble -- there was this paraffin lyin' on the cain an' abel, brown as a Jack the Ripper! The pen an' ink was awful, it was. Cor, you can bet an Oxford scholar the Sweeney Todd was there in a 'eartbeat, askin' the geezer why 'e done it. "What's all this, then!" they says, all 'igh an' mighty-like. But the bloke wouldn't rabbit -- he wouldn't say a dicky bird! So the coppers takes 'im up the frog an' 'round the johnny 'orner to a flowery dell, where 'e sits on 'is arse, readin' the linen, for a month an' a 'alf -- before the Sweeney finally realize: This ol' geezer is mutt an' jeff! He can't bubble an' squeak 'cause he can't 'ear a dicky bird! Cor. Can you adam and eve that? Eh?

[Bo8a_Fett]

Good work there Vortigern...some nice phrases...7/10 good effort, but a cockney would take off most of the 2nd part of the rhyme in conversation.
See below for a more flowing/alternate take...

I Coo'nt adam me minces, I coo'nt.I saw a geez stride into his cat, up the 'ol apples into some barney--there were a parafin lying on the cain,... as a kipper e was! It ditten alf pen, it was rank, it was. Cor, you could bet an oxford the sweeney were there in a tick, askin the geezer why e done it."What's all this, then!"They says all igh an mighty like. But the bloke kept shtoom an woo'ent say a dickie! So's the rozzers takes im up the kermit an round the john to a flowery, where he sits on is wrigleys, readin the linen, for month an a alf---before the boys in blue finally cotton:This 'ol bloke is mutton! He can't bubble 'cos he cant hear a lemon! Lummy can you adam it! Struth.

now don't forget your homework for tomorrow's test on sayings that will "get ya into a tiff"...

[Vortigern99]

Thanks for the corrections, teach!

"the rozzers take im up the kermit" : sounds dirty !