by Gordon
25. September 2009 08:53
Here at CockneyRhymingSlang.co.uk we do like to help people out who are baffled by the Cockney lingo. This week a student from Poland has written to us asking for help translating the video below for his English lessons (the things they use for teaching these days). Well we think this ad is a wee bi...
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by Gordon
18. September 2009 11:20
Sheila Jones writes:
Is there a poem as follows or did my father make it up? (He came down to London from Scotland in the 1920s and was fascinated by and loved the Cockney slang)
As I was sat by the Ave Maria
Warming my Plates of Meat
There came a knock on the Rory O'Moore
That made my Raspbe...
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by Gordon
18. September 2009 10:22
Ceri is asking:
I would really like to know what 'a bit of Wembley' is refering to in the Ian Dury and the Blockheads song 'Mash it Up'. Any ideas?
We say: well, here are the lyrics to aforementined song. Please comment if know the answer.
He's got his little Y-fronts and his got his little v...
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by Gordon
15. September 2009 19:22
Did you know that Pearly Kings and Queens are still around? I came across a whole family of Pearlies outside St Mary Le Bow Church last week. They were collecting money for Help For Heroes and very kindly allowed me to photgraph them. Only after a promise of a hefty donation though!
by Gordon
15. September 2009 18:25
Got this email from Chris Hughes about Cockney counting. It's a new one on me. Anybody else used to use this Cockney counting method for dominoes or any other purpose? Let us know.
Chris Hughes writes:
I was born in Hammersmith in 1953 and brought up in South London. These are 1 to 10 as I use t...
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Tags: numbers