Rhyming Slang
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Rhyming Slang
Has anyone ever met an American who gets/understands rhyming slang? I haven't yet.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
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Re: Rhyming Slang
Has anyone ever met an American who gets/understands rhyming slang? I haven't yet.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
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Re: Rhyming Slang
Has anyone ever met an American who gets/understands rhyming slang? I haven't yet.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
#4
Re: Rhyming Slang
Has anyone ever met an American who gets/understands rhyming slang? I haven't yet.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
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Re: Rhyming Slang
Has anyone ever met an American who gets/understands rhyming slang? I haven't yet.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
Why is your mouth called north & south - and not east & west?
Do they have a lot of barber shops at this Barnet Fair then?
etc etc
It is cool though cos (leaving any accent issues aside) you can basically talk a totally different language and they are clueless as to what you are going on about.
Maybe you're just surrounded by idiots.
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Re: Rhyming Slang
I usually only use it at home so I have limited experience but I do know that most people I am in regular contact with pick up on my British colloquialisms pretty easily and a few have adopted some of the words themselves. My wife's friend, for example, inadvertently taught her 15 year old the word 'knobjockey' because she'd read it on one of my facebook posts and found it funny
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Re: Rhyming Slang
I suppose, if one used it in context as well - like saying you're "heading up the apples and pears" or "I'll have to ask the old trouble and strife if she's free for dinner ..." - it would probably be understood.
I usually only use it at home so I have limited experience but I do know that most people I am in regular contact with pick up on my British colloquialisms pretty easily and a few have adopted some of the words themselves. My wife's friend, for example, inadvertently taught her 15 year old the word 'knobjockey' because she'd read it on one of my facebook posts and found it funny
I usually only use it at home so I have limited experience but I do know that most people I am in regular contact with pick up on my British colloquialisms pretty easily and a few have adopted some of the words themselves. My wife's friend, for example, inadvertently taught her 15 year old the word 'knobjockey' because she'd read it on one of my facebook posts and found it funny
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Re: Rhyming Slang
Now she runs around saying "Bowwoks. Bowwoks, daddy" ...