Cockney Rhyming Slang

[squeakage]

just foudn this website

 

I love using cockney rhyming slang!

 

 

Slang

[squeakage]

Example: "These two look like a couple of mountain bikes"

 

hehe

[Trouble]

you bored hun

[squeakage]

No cockney rhyming slang is wkd

 

the idea behind it is cool....

 

eg

 

Andy McNabs - Crabs.

 

Example: "Don't take 'er 'ome - you'll get a right case of the Andy's"

Edited July 6, 2004 by squeakage

[Ginge]

But thats not cockney. Thats just rhyming phrases.

 

Apples and pears,

Whistle and flute,

Dog and bone,

Syrup of fig,

Jam jar,

 

etc, etc

 

THATS cockney rhyming slang, goes back years.

 

Sorry to sound picky.

[mynameisrob]

i went to some party the other week and someone told me a was a "cockney sparrow"....

 

please tell me what it means!

[Guest Shenlong]

ah but the english language is constantly evolving taking in new slang words and suchlike. it's not set i stone like some languages/things.

[squeakage]

QUOTE (mynameisrob @ Jul 6 2004, 22:29)

i went to some party the other week and someone told me a was a "cockney sparrow".... please tell me what it means!

according to the site it means barrow

[Bungle]

Ryhming slang is officially ace!

 

One of my mates has always used it loads. I havent got a scooby why though. He's from tamworth like me.

[squeakage]

scooby thats a good one...

 

aim for this week

 

to use that in a sentence

[Ginge]

I actually use "Scooby" quite alot. And I'm always asking people if I can borrow their dog.

 

 

[Bungle]

I'm starting to use it loads with out even realising.

 

Danny is another one. Think it comes from Danny la rue - clue

[Aaron]

I dont have a scooby on how to get rid of these andy mcnabs

[Ginge]

Well I'll tell you after I've been for a Jimmy.

[Aaron]

I'm off for a sherman

 

cya!