Do British people still use this?? Also, is it possible for foreigners to understand this??? Personally, I can't.
2007-12-29 22:54:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Cockney rhyming slang originated in the markets of London where traders, often selling stolen goods, wanted to be able to communicate without others, especially policemen, understanding them. This generated a whole new vocabulary, which you find on the net, using such terms as :
Plates for feet
(Rhyming : Plates of meat :feet)
Titfer for hat
(Tit for Tat : Hat)
Apples for stairs (Apples and pears : Stairs)
Barnet for hair (Barnet Fair : hair)
and so on. Many of these terms are still used although, by now, everybody knows what they mean as they have dropped into common parlance.
There are even some rude ones like
Bristols for breasts
(Bristol City : Titty)
2007-12-30 01:25:24 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it is still used. The explanation that it was invented to keep communication secret is pretty suspect, though - why would common words like tea (Rosy Lee) feet (plates of meat) wife (trouble and strife) hair (Barnet Fair) need to be kept secret? More likely it was invented just for fun, like Pig Latin and Aygo-Paygo.
People still say 'let's have a butcher's' (Butcher's hook) for 'let's have a look', even if they don't know it was originally rhyming slang.
About 20 years ago, kids talked about buying a new pair of 'Claires', meaning trainers, a new bit of rhyming slang from the name Claire Rayner, who was famous at the time as a TV agony aunt. So the coining of new terms hasn't died out quite yet.
2007-12-30 04:20:29 · answer #2 · answered by vilgessuola 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pucker Slang
2016-12-10 16:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosy Lee = Tea Boat Race = Face
2016-03-14 12:14:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people do and I have used it to confuse the many friends I have in America. I tend to use it to tease people and I am not even from London.
2007-12-29 23:02:05 · answer #5 · answered by No! I'm NOT Elton John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yh they do
Bloke - man
Apples and pears - stairs
Geezer - man
Fiver - £5
Tenner - £10
Hitched - married
Cheifed - stolen
Fight - punch up
Kiss - snog, smooch, smoocheroo
Pucker - good, great
Hope these help! =)
2007-12-29 23:03:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep we still do. http://cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/
2007-12-30 05:34:12 · answer #7 · answered by *~STEVIE~* *~B~* 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋