COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG ~ is a Wizard prang
Speaking in ENGLISH ~ folk can\'t understand !
Thus APPLES (and Pears) means STAIRS
And BUBBLE (and Squeak) is a word for GREEK
And BUTCHERS (Hook) means TAKE A LOOK !
And BREAD (and Honey) the word for MONEY
So if I said to you today ............
I\'ll go up the APPLES to find
A holiday bottle of BUBBLE wine
I\'ll take a BUTCHERS ~ like I said
And you can buy it wiv some BREAD !
I\'m going up the STAIRS
LOOKING for GREEK wine
An\' if you\'ve got some MONEY
You can buy this wine of mine !
Thanks for listening ~ comments welcome ~ Luv BRIAN XOX
Dedicated to Uncle Michael ~ who opened Pandora\'s Box
Cockney Rhyming Slang was developed in the 19th Century
to enable Market Traders to talk about their GOODS without
the PUNTERS knowin\' what they were talkin\' about.
I hear a lot of CRS because ESSEX is very near LONDON
and a lot of COCKNEYS live in Essex ! Many words derived
from CRS are in common use in the SOUTH of ENGLAND !
Use your LOAF (HEAD from Loaf of Bread)
He\'s doin\' BIRD (TIME in Prison from Bird Lime)
He\'s on the DOG (PHONE from Dog & Bone)
We\'re goin\' for a RUBY (CURRY from Ruby Murry)
There are hundreds of them and in some cases we use
both words ~ as in ROSIE LEE (cup of Tea) ~ to HALF INCH
somethin\' is to PINCH (STEAL) it ~ and goin\' for a JIMMY
RIDDLE is a PIDDLE (PEE) and there are much ruder ones !
Here endeth the Last Lesson ~ Luv as always ~ BRIAN XOX