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Post by pinkie on Aug 27, 2016 20:22:29 GMT
Does anyone else use rhyming slang habitually, naturally? Where does it come from? I was born in Lewisham general hospital, so hardly within sight of bow bells, but have always used rhyming slang. As has my dad, who I think was born in Crayford. Funny thing is I have a couple of ozzie mates here in the languedoc, Ian and Cam, who also regularly naturally use rhyming slang. Some of the rhymes are different, but the idea is easy to pick-up. Why the east end of London and Australia? (a bit like why is a Norfolk accent like a Devon one, when nothing in between is?) Anyway, I am minded to post this because I have spent a sweltering day moving my office out of a bedroom into its new purpose built chalet. And I'm rubber ducked. (or kerry packered, as Ian and Cam would say)  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 20:26:12 GMT
That's cos a lot of Australians derived from London. They also both use Glottal stops in their vocabulary
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 27, 2016 20:33:26 GMT
I think I read somewhere that it's actually far more widespread and older than is generally appreciated and not really anything to do with London at all.
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 27, 2016 20:34:55 GMT
Yes, I use it a lot and sometimes use my own terms much to the annoyance of my daughter.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 21:01:55 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Aug 27, 2016 21:18:09 GMT
and sometimes use my own terms much to the annoyance of my daughter. LOL - me too. |
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Post by Stratmangler on Aug 27, 2016 22:45:51 GMT
and sometimes use my own terms much to the annoyance of my daughter. LOL - me too. You annoy Chris' daughter too? |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 27, 2016 22:49:33 GMT
Hah - it can be arranged?
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Post by Chris on Aug 28, 2016 3:48:37 GMT
Yip I do. Only on the rig though and usually in bad taste jokes
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Post by pinkie on Aug 28, 2016 6:11:17 GMT
Yes, I use it a lot and sometimes use my own terms much to the annoyance of my daughter. I have joined the ozzies in a local variation of that - deliberate wrong translation of colloquial phrases. The favourite is "doux comme une noisette", but there is also "droit sur l'argent". |
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Post by zippy on Aug 28, 2016 7:43:10 GMT
Does anyone else use rhyming slang habitually, naturally? Where does it come from? I was born in Lewisham general hospital, so hardly within sight of bow bells, but have always used rhyming slang. As has my dad, who I think was born in Crayford. Funny thing is I have a couple of ozzie mates here in the languedoc, Ian and Cam, who also regularly naturally use rhyming slang. Some of the rhymes are different, but the idea is easy to pick-up. Why the east end of London and Australia? (a bit like why is a Norfolk accent like a Devon one, when nothing in between is?) Anyway, I am minded to post this because I have spent a sweltering day moving my office out of a bedroom into its new purpose built chalet. And I'm rubber ducked. (or kerry packered, as Ian and Cam would say) I think there's lots of rhyming slang around - I was born in London and know much of the slang but rarely use it - I occasionally come across local examples up here in Newcastle. There's loads of variations even in London, for example I would not say Rubber ducked or kerry packered - to me it's 'cream crackered'. As for Richard the third......... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2016 7:49:00 GMT
It's all widespread these days. I find many people using slanging & Terms from other regions/Counties. Aside from that i hear a lot of people in Yorkshire using word that are from Lancashire which is really bad imho. No suprise to say an American because they are forever mixing us up with Lancashire folk.  |
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Post by AlanS on Aug 28, 2016 10:34:29 GMT
Derived from Cheshire and living in the Midlands someone has to say no. I find those who choose to use idiosyncratic speech a pain. A certain forum owner comes to mind
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 28, 2016 11:09:17 GMT
Used it all the time in the 70s and 80s. Useful little closed vocabulary for me and my distorted mates I'm sure Caravan's Cunning Stunts is one |
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 28, 2016 11:13:29 GMT
No, I think that would be a spoonerism Mike.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 28, 2016 11:17:20 GMT
Of course, I forgot, we mixed them up constantly so that often they had to be explained. Alcohol was often taken |
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 28, 2016 11:26:19 GMT
The title 'Am I Going Insane (Radio)' by Black Sabbath contains rhyming slang though!
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Post by MartinT on Aug 28, 2016 11:29:33 GMT
Great song!
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Post by zippy on Aug 28, 2016 12:18:49 GMT
Listen to some Ian Dury for real London slang...
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Post by Slinger on Aug 28, 2016 15:26:50 GMT
Rubber ducked? No, I'm Dumper Trucked.
Would you Adam and Eve it? I'd just nipped into the Benghazi for a pony (had a serious ruby earlier and it really did for me Chalfonts) and the artful dodger legged it without giving me the pony he owed me for the Duke of Kent. Not only that he half inched me best syrup too. Geezer's in serious barney now, I'm on the dog to a few of me chinas, and its us, not some Barnaby Rudge'll be sorting him out. He'll wish he was doing bird by the time we've had a quick Jack Palance on his loaf in our daisys. The nasty little tea leaf will soon wish he was in a nice clean flowery dell alright.
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