2007-10-12 07:55:13 · 8 answers · asked by supergran 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Listen me old Dutch, I'm off down the Frog to the J Arthur to Sausage a Goose and get some Bees to go off to the Rub-a-Dub and drink a few Pigs and maybe a Gold.
Translates into..............
Listen me old (Dutch Plate) Mate, I'm off down the (Frog &Toad) Road to the (J Arthur Rank) Bank to (Sausage & Mash) Cash a (Goose's Neck) Cheque and get some (Bees & Honey) Money to go off to the (Rub-a Dub Dub) Pub and drink a few (Pigs Ears) Beers and maybe a (Gold Watch) Scotch.
Kite or Bouncer are NOT cockney terms for a cheque.
Kite infers that it will fly away whilst Bouncer means it will not be in the bank long enough to be seen. Both terms mean in their original state that they are not worth the paper they are written on.
Goose's Neck is the only cockney for a cheque.
2007-10-12 10:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by Terry G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been through the whole Cockney Dictionary and the only reference to 'kite' is Tom Kite meaning Shite
Wind and Kite means 'Website' and a cheque is either a Gregory Peck, a Jeff Beck or a Gooses neck.
2007-10-12 15:41:14 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope sorry....The following are cockney slang for cheque....
Goose's Neck,Nervous Reck, Gregory Peck, Jeff Beck...
Never heard of kite, Don't think its English.
2007-10-12 15:40:23 · answer #3 · answered by BlueBolt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A kite flies (away). Money paid by cheque can easily be cancelled, thus the payment flies away. un unreliable way of paying.
2007-10-12 16:36:52 · answer #4 · answered by captbullshot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kite could mean tight so you wrote a gregory peck which took longer for funds to clear - possibly
2007-10-12 16:11:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in the US "kiting a check" is to write a check against non-existent funds. Maybe they picked it up from there?
2007-10-12 14:58:50 · answer #6 · answered by tracymoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is US slang rather than Cockney slang.
2007-10-12 15:09:08 · answer #7 · answered by dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you write a check and kite rhymes with write.
like "butchers hook" rhymes with look, and we call a look a 'butchers'
2007-10-12 15:06:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋