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How do you say - milk - in Cockney Rhyming Slang?
In Cockney Rhyming Slang, the slang for milk is Kilroy Silk, "Gotta av a drop'a Kilroy on me Cornflakes"
How do you say - mess - in Cockney Rhyming Slang?
In Cockney Rhyming Slang, the slang for mess is Elliot Ness, 'Blimy young Peter's bedroom is in a right elliot'
What does 'apron' mean in cockney slang?
Flag. Apron is a lower class way to say flag. It is not necessarily cockney and definitely not rhyming slang. It originates in the Victorian era and used predominately by the lower class.
Origin of the phrase on their Jacksy meaning on their own?
"Jacksy" meaning "on their own" originates from the English/Cockney rhyming slang for being "Alone". This was "Jack Jones", a popular singer in the 1960s. True rhyming slang use would be to say "I'm on my Jack", which through the rhyming convention would imply "Jones", which rhymes with "Alone". The "I'm on my Jack" expression became more obfuscated and ended up as "On my Jacksy".
How is Cockney different to standard English?
First off they have a terrible accent - worse than Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins - and it does sound like Gor Blimey , Guvnor, what a smashing mo'or. They pronounce thr as fr so the word three sounds like free. And they have the famous rhyming slang - where they say apples and pears instead of stairs, and trouble and strife instead of wife.
How do you say - milk - in Cockney Rhyming Slang?
In Cockney Rhyming Slang, the slang for milk is Kilroy Silk, "Gotta av a drop'a Kilroy on me Cornflakes"
How do you say - mess - in Cockney Rhyming Slang?
In Cockney Rhyming Slang, the slang for mess is Elliot Ness, 'Blimy young Peter's bedroom is in a right elliot'
What does 'apron' mean in cockney slang?
Flag. Apron is a lower class way to say flag. It is not necessarily cockney and definitely not rhyming slang. It originates in the Victorian era and used predominately by the lower class.
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 another way to say 50 note?
There are several ways one may refer to a 50 note, such as 'Reddies'. 'Niftys' or 'Bullseye', for example is Cockney rhyming slang for a fifty pound note.
Origin of the phrase on their Jacksy meaning on their own?
"Jacksy" meaning "on their own" originates from the English/Cockney rhyming slang for being "Alone". This was "Jack Jones", a popular singer in the 1960s. True rhyming slang use would be to say "I'm on my Jack", which through the rhyming convention would imply "Jones", which rhymes with "Alone". The "I'm on my Jack" expression became more obfuscated and ended up as "On my Jacksy".
How is Cockney different to standard English?
First off they have a terrible accent - worse than Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins - and it does sound like Gor Blimey , Guvnor, what a smashing mo'or. They pronounce thr as fr so the word three sounds like free. And they have the famous rhyming slang - where they say apples and pears instead of stairs, and trouble and strife instead of wife.
What word is Australian slang for a friend?
The Adult way to say friend is '' Mate'' and most teenagers say '' braa'' as in bro
How do you speak back slang?
back slang is just a wierd way of talking, it was originally used in Victorian London street gangs could talk without others knowing what they were planning. but it is such a fun thing to learn,its not common and people say it's made up but it is something different, and funny.In back slang, the word is spoken phonetically backwards -- for example, "yob" is back slang for "boy."
Is correct to say 'on stairs'or 'at stairs'?
It depends. If you're describing someone who is actually standing on a step or walking up or down the stairs, you would say "on the stairs". If a person were standing in front of the stairs, you could say "at the stairs" or "at the staircase".
How do you say stairs in German?
Stairs is "die Treppe"
How do you say go up the stairs in french?
to go up the stairs is 'monter les escaliers' in French.
