[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ English, But Not As You Know It............, Hows your cockney rhyming slang?????

[penelope]

Some of you may have noticed that now and then we have some major language barriers, despite all speaking english! So, heres a thread to test your knowledge of that great London phenomenon, Cockney Rhyming Slang!!!!
I'll put up a phrase, and we'll see who can work out what it means first, i.e. 'apples and pears' is 'stairs'. I might even come up with prizes?!?

Ok, now you know what your doing, who knows what this is.........

'Fife and Drum'

[sweetnsexy]

The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!

btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...

Here are some more common ones...

Loaf of bread

Brown bread

Trouble & strife

Donkey's ears

Whistle & flute

tit for tat

[Gnappster]

The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!

btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...

Here are some more common ones...

Loaf of bread

Brown bread

Trouble & strife

Donkey's ears

Whistle & flute

tit for tat

Well I understand that. But it's like me asking if anyone can think of any words that rhyme with Chicago, and when no one can I say Oh I meant Chicago BULL. The answer is Pull. A rudimentary example but you get my drift. I at least need the whole phrase to have some chance at guessing it.

[sweetnsexy]

Well I understand that. But it's like me asking if anyone can think of any words that rhyme with Chicago, and when no one can I say Oh I meant Chicago BULL. The answer is Pull. A rudimentary example but you get my drift. I at least need the whole phrase to have some chance at guessing it.

Okay, okay....

Use your loaf

My mobile is brown bread...no signal

Get caught on here by your trouble and strife and you are in deep shit!

haven't seen Naz on here in donkey's

You look smart in your new whistle....reckon you need a titfer to go with that!


Now, that should make it all clear!!

[Gnappster]

Okay, okay....

Use your loaf

My mobile is brown bread...no signal

Get caught on here by your trouble and strife and you are in deep shit!

haven't seen Naz on here in donkey's

You look smart in your new whistle....reckon you need a titfer to go with that!
Now, that should make it all clear!!

It sure does

Hey we have some pubs around here with names like that.
Do Elepahnt & Castle or Crown & Hand mean anthing or have they just bastardized your slang?

[sweetnsexy]

It sure does 

Hey we have some pubs around here with names like that.
Do Elepahnt & Castle or Crown & Hand mean anthing or have they just bastardized your slang?

No...pub names are a whole different subject...and usually have nothing to do with slang.

Use your loaf - loaf of bread - head

Brown bread - dead

Trouble & strife - wife

[evade20]

No...pub names are a whole different subject...and usually have nothing to do with slang.

Use your loaf - loaf of bread - head

Brown bread - dead

Trouble & strife - wife

Now some of it is starting to sound familiar...

Use your....loaf----Almost any phrase in the US that starts with "Use your..." generally points to using your head. (i.e. 'Use your noodle')

Brown Bread is not something I have heard but your example was fairly transparent.

I think I have actually heard "trouble & strife" as a reference to one's wife, but it definitely isn't common. It is more likely to have been shortened to " here comes trouble"... It better be said "tongue in cheek" with a smile, a wink and a kiss...or there will be trouble.


Damn, the tea party was a long time ago.