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What is 'sailor cake' rhyming slang for?
*correction* Whilst not cockney RHYMING slang, it is cockney slang- cockney slang for Anal Sex or 'buggery'This is slang and this is UK slang but not cockney rhyming slang as best I can determine. Sailor cake or more commonly referred to as navy cake is when two men engage in activities from behind. To be rhyming slang the word cake would have to rhyme with the referent. In this case, it does not. Example; apples and pears for stairs, trouble and strife for wife, china plate for mate. This is straight forward slang such as apron for flag, blagged for robbed or bloody for, well, what ever that is supposed to mean.
What is cockney slang for mare?
China. As in china plate (means he's your mate)
What does China mean as in How is your old China?
There are types of dishes that are made of china, a ceramic type of material. So, when someone is asking "How is your old china?", they are asking about the age of your china dinnerware or porcelain figurines. The ceramic dinnerware was originally named 'chinaware' because it originated in the country of China. How's your old china?, is cockney rhyming slang for how is your friend. China plate = mate
What word is Australian slang for a friend?
The Adult way to say friend is '' Mate'' and most teenagers say '' braa'' as in bro
What does rhyming slang mean?
Rhyming slang is associated with the Cockneys of East London and involves substituting a common word with a phrase which rhymes. eg plates of meat instead of feet or apples and pears instead of stairs or tit for tat instead of hat or Barnet fair instead of hair. Often the rhyming phrase gets shortened eg Barnet Fair to barnet So a Cockney might say "Hang on. I'll just pop up the apples and pears, comb me barnet and get me titfer. ___________________ Commonley, Cockney rhyming slang only uses the first word of the rhyming phrase. So trouble means trouble and strife - wife; heading up the apples means climbing the apples and pears - stairs; these boots won't fit me plates refers to plates of meat - feet; how are you, me old china means how are you: china plate - mate, and so on. I've heard a friend speaking of a trip out to the country and shooting a few nuns for dinner. Nun's habits - rabbits. ____________________
What is cockney rhyming slang?
A Cockney is anybody that was/is born within the sound of the famous Bow Bells in the east-end of London, UK. The Cockneys have their own secret language known only to the working class and lower class people of London (Cockney's) called Cockney rhyming slang.A few examples of some Cockney rhyming slang are:Apples 'n pears - stairsButcher's (butcher's hook) - lookChina (china plate) - mate (friend)Daisy roots - bootsFrog 'n toad - roadLoaf (loaf of bread) - headMince pies - eyesMothers ruin - ginMutt and Jeff - deafOld Joanna - pianoPlates of meat - feetRosie Lee - teaTaters (potatoes in the mould) - coldTea leaf - thiefTitfer (tit for tat) - hatTrouble and strife - wifeWhistle and flute - suitCockney is a sort of language originating in Cheapside or south London. It rhymes uncommon words with the referent to act as a sort of code. Examples, apples and pears means stairs but more recently Britney Spears is used as slang for stairs. Sometimes the whole rhyme stands as a substitute but mostly only one word is the replacement. China plate means mate but the word china is the only part used. Plate of meat means feet but only the word plates is used. Trouble and strife is used as a substitute for wife. Chalk farms is used for arms. Loaf of bread means head but loaf is the substitute word. Daily mail means tale.
What is 'stirring' in cockney English?
Might refer to a Pound Sterling- the monetary unit. Sterling silver is .925, easy memory jog- business hours- 9to5. Oxford Scholar refers to Dollar ( Us or Australian) the Aussies , which after all are a British dominion, have adopted Cockney rhyming slang. Many of the terms rhyme food or commonplace objects- Plate of Meats- the feet, for example.
What does the Australian slang word joe Blake mean?
if your doing the take 5 quiz. the answer is snake
What is the difference between a pun and an idiom?
A pun is the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.An idiom is the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.Second answerer says: PLEASE access the related link(s) below as this first answer IS misleading:A pun uses word play, double entendre or homonyms to make a joke or to be humorous. When someone says, Da Nile ain't just a river in Egypt, it actually means, Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. It's a pun said to someone who is denying the truth to themselves. An idiom need not be humorous and is set off from most other language phrases because the phrase is figurative rather than literal. A non native speaker will understand the words but not the hidden meaning. Raining cats and dogs, paying out the nose, china plate are idioms or slang that make no sense unless you learn the special meanings. Those idioms mean a heavy downpour, paying a lot for something and the last is cockney rhyming slang; china plate means mate, or friend. Drop the plate, the rhyming word, and you just say, I was having a drink with my new china. If you didn't know what china plate meant, that sentence would make no sense at all.
How would you use sprout in a sentence?
The boy only left one sprout on his plate after he ate his Christmas dinner. The nurseryman said to the customer, don't worry Sir, that plant will soon sprout. The rhyming slang for a Brussels sprout is Boy scout.
Does plate have a short I sound?
No. It has a long A and silent E, rhyming with late, fate, and wait.
What are the ratings and certificates for The China Plate - 1931?
The China Plate - 1931 is rated/received certificates of: Argentina:Atp USA:Approved
