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Cockney Rhyming Slang is an extension to English originating in the East End of London, the residents of a section of this area being known as Cockneys?. |
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Cockney Rhyming Slang is an extension to the English language originating in the East End of London, and used by some of the residents of this area. These residents are known as Cockneys?. |
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It developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to those who did not understand the slang, though it is unclear whether this was to asssist criminals, to maintain a particular community, or was a linguistic accident. It works by picking a two or three word phrase that rhymes with the word you want to hide, then substituting the word to be obscured with the first word in the phrase. An early example that has fallen into common use is the term "bread" for money. |
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It developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentence?s to those who did not understand the slang, though it is unclear whether this was a linguistic accident, or whether it was developed intentionally to assist criminal?s or to maintain a particular community. It works by picking a two or three word phrase? that rhymes with the word you want to hide, then substituting the word to be obscured with the first word in the phrase. An early example that has fallen into common use is the term "bread?" for money. |
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Likewise the phrase "apples and pears" is used for stairs, so the sentence "I'm walking up the stairs" becomes "I'm walking up the apples". |
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Likewise the phrase "apples and pears" is used for stairs?, so the sentence? "I'm walking up the stairs" becomes "I'm walking up the apples". |
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Some substitutions have become relatively widespread in England, for example "to have a butcher's" means to have a look, from the rhyming slang "butcher's hook". |
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Some substitutions have become relatively widespread in England, for example "to have a butcher?'s" means to have a look, from the rhyming slang "butcher's hook". |
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This style of rhyming has also spread through many English-speaking countries, where the original phrases are supplemented by rhymes created to fit local needs. The term Cockney Rhyming Slang is generally applied to these expansions to indicate the rhyming style, though arguably the term onl applies to phrases used in the East End of London. |
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This style of rhyming has also spread through many English-speaking countries, where the original phrases are supplemented by rhymes created to fit local needs. The term Cockney Rhyming Slang is generally applied to these expansions to indicate the rhyming style, though arguably the term only applies to phrases used in the East End of London. |
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:Barnet = Barnet Fair = Hair :Dog = Dog and Bone = Phone :Emmas = Emma Freud (English author and columnist) - Haemorrhoids |
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:Barnet = Barnet Fair = Hair? :Dog = Dog and Bone = Phone :Emmas = Emma Freud (English author and columnist) - Haemorrhoids? |
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:Jimmy = Jimmy Riddle (unknown person, not the character killed at Waco?) = piddle or widdle (micturation) |
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:Jimmy = Jimmy Riddle (unknown person, not the character killed at Waco?) = piddle or widdle (urinate) |
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:Plates = Plates of meat = feet |
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:Plates = Plates of meat = feet |
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:Richard = Dicky Bird = Bird (girl) BUT ALSO Dicky Bird = word |
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:syrup = syrup of figs = wig :Tea = Tea Leaf = Thief :The Sweeney = Sweeney Todd = [Flying Squad]?, a special division of the [Metropolitan police]? |
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:syrup = syrup of figs = wig(s) :Tea = Tea Leaf = Thief :The Sweeney = [Sweeney Todd]? = [Flying Squad]?, a special division of the [Metropolitan police]? |
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:Richard = Dicky Bird = Bird (girl) BUT ALSO Dicky Bird = word |
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