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How's Your London Vocab? A Guide to Cockney Rhyming Slang
Would you Adam and Eve it if we told you there's another way that Londoners rabbit and pork to each other?
Some of you might have heard of cockney rhyming slang, but for those who don't know, it's a form of dialect that has been spoken in the Capital for over a century. It's used by swapping out a word in a sentence with a phrase which rhymes with it.
Although it's not as popular now as it once was, it might be worth getting acquainted with cockney rhyming slang in case you find yourself in a bit of Barney Rubble understanding something or someone during your stay here at LSE.
So, starting off with the phrases we've already used, have a look at the following cockney rhyming slangs and see if you can work them out!
Adam and Eve.
Believe!
Rabbit and pork.
Talk!
Barney Rubble.
Trouble!
A butcher's hook.
A look!
Bubble bath.
Laugh!
Baked bean.
Queen!
Give and take.
Cake!
Bees and honey.
Money!
Rattle and clank.
Bank!
Pleasure and pain.
Rain!
Satin and silk.
Milk!
Dog and bone.
Phone!
Now if anyone asks you if you understand cockney rhyming slang you won't have to tell any pork pies!
If you're Hank Marvin for some more phrases, check out this video below!
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