Have you ever visited the city of London before?
Is it true that the residents there speak in a strange form of rhyming dialect that not many people outside of the city understand and they have over 100 different ways just to say "It's raining"?
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room101 · 51-55, M
@SW-User A bubble?????
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room101 · 51-55, M
@SW-User A bubble is usually short for bubble 'n squeak. Which means Greek.
Giraffe is the cockney word for laugh.
Giraffe is the cockney word for laugh.
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@room101 [quote]Bubble Bath = Laugh
You're having a bubble.” This is one of the most common phrases, and it's spoken across the UK. It's used to express disbelief or a flat out refusal to do something[/quote]
From https://www.ef.com/wwen/blog/language/11-bits-of-london-slang-you-should-know/#:~:text=Bubble%20Bath%20%3D%20Laugh&text=You're%20having%20a%20bubble,out%20refusal%20to%20do%20something.
You're having a bubble.” This is one of the most common phrases, and it's spoken across the UK. It's used to express disbelief or a flat out refusal to do something[/quote]
From https://www.ef.com/wwen/blog/language/11-bits-of-london-slang-you-should-know/#:~:text=Bubble%20Bath%20%3D%20Laugh&text=You're%20having%20a%20bubble,out%20refusal%20to%20do%20something.
room101 · 51-55, M
@SW-User erm.............isn't the original post about Cockney rhyming slang?
room101 · 51-55, M
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https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/english/L
https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/english/L
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@room101 so historically rhyming slag used a word that is the first part of a two word rhyme.
Bubble needs bath to rhyme with laugh but you only say bubble.
Pony and trap means crap you just say pony
Apples and pears means stairs you say apples.
Whistle and flute means suit.
I see a guy in a new suit I say "Nice whistle"
Or I might say "That whistle is pony mate"
Bubble needs bath to rhyme with laugh but you only say bubble.
Pony and trap means crap you just say pony
Apples and pears means stairs you say apples.
Whistle and flute means suit.
I see a guy in a new suit I say "Nice whistle"
Or I might say "That whistle is pony mate"
room101 · 51-55, M
@SW-User Yes, I know that most of the traditional Cockney rhyming slang is in two words.
https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/select.aspx?order=english-slang&page=1&mode=letter&letter=G&EnglishSlangRepeater=3_20
https://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/select.aspx?order=english-slang&page=1&mode=letter&letter=G&EnglishSlangRepeater=3_20