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Post by jackscrap on Jul 9, 2020 1:02:00 GMT
A Captain Cook Barker's eggs Warwick farms
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 9, 2020 3:47:02 GMT
No clues ... would have to Google.
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Post by Lillias on Jul 9, 2020 8:29:20 GMT
In England the Cockney’s have what’s called ‘cockney rhyming slang’ an example of which would be ‘apples and pears’ meaning ‘stairs’ So applying this principle to the three phrases above my guesses would be as follows 1. A Captain Cook = hook 2. Barker’s eggs = legs 3. Warwick farms = arms but I put these suggestions forward with absolutely no confidence that they are correct...  |
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Post by jackscrap on Jul 9, 2020 9:48:40 GMT
Hey Lillias, rhyming slang is right on the money, and you managed to get one of them right - Arms
To have a Captain Cook is to have a look and barker's eggs are what some people may say when they see dog poo on a footpath, ie watch out for barker's eggs.
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Post by Lillias on Jul 9, 2020 10:21:28 GMT
Ha ha ha at least I got one right Jacki. In cockney rhyming slang to ‘have a look’ is ‘butcher’s hook’ or the short form is just ‘have a butcher’s'. Haven’t heard of the dog poo one but that made me laugh...Fun subject... |
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Post by Peterj on Jul 9, 2020 17:16:03 GMT
Aussie slang is certainly colorful!
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Post by jackscrap on Jul 9, 2020 22:38:46 GMT
Anyone care to guess what 'dead horse' is rhyming slang for.
Please feel free to add your own language riddles to this thread, I'd love to know what to expect should I ever be allowed out of Australia again.....I live in the State of Victoria, and we are back in stage 3 lockdown again and are unable to travel outside except for the bare necessities. All the other States have opened their borders to travellers but banned anyone from Victoria being let in.
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Post by Lillias on Jul 10, 2020 17:41:37 GMT
Can't imagine what 'dead horse' is. Would have to Google it I'm afraid...
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Post by whippet on Jul 10, 2020 19:13:06 GMT
Great thread, Jacki. I don't know how Lillias is familiar with Cockney slang, when she's a lot further away from London than I am. Unless you are an Eastenders fan, Lillias. Not rhyming slang, but the only one I can think of off hand, is - two people having a conversation, and one calls out - 'Taxi'. edit. Just thought of one.. . . Mutton Jeff. |
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Post by Lillias on Jul 10, 2020 20:40:19 GMT
Whippet I’ve picked up most of the Cockney slang I know from TV programmes over the years and no I am not a fan of Eastenders. What a depressing show.
Oh and the one you thought of - mutton jeff is deaf.
Here’s one - ‘chitter’.
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Post by jackscrap on Jul 11, 2020 1:47:13 GMT
A bit of dead horse on your meat pie means you've added sauce, usually tomato sauce, so if an Aussie asks you to pass the 'dead horse' you'll know what to do....
Taxi being called out usually means that you've had too much to drink and you've dropped your glass/drink, indicating that it's time to go home.
I'll have a guess at chitter meaning whispers or gossip?
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 11, 2020 4:09:11 GMT
I ate some poutine in my gonch while having a Timmies Double Double and screech.  Some lingo from The Canadia Colony |
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Post by jackscrap on Jul 11, 2020 6:40:35 GMT
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Post by Lillias on Jul 11, 2020 8:21:11 GMT
Chitter means shiver...so if I felt very cold I could say I was chittering...
Clive Timmies Double Double sounds like an alcoholic drink but I have no idea of poutine, gonch or screech!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 11, 2020 15:06:50 GMT
I ate some poutine in my gonch while having a Timmies Double Double and screech. Poutine is a Quebecois dish which is rather delicious although possibly not healthy: french fries smothered in melted cheese curd with gravy. Gonch = men's underwear Timmies refers to the Tim Horton's fast food restaurant or a its coffee, i.e. Let's meet at Timmies OR Timmies is a coffee from there Double Double = two creams and two sugars Screech = a type of rum popular in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was originally a Demerara rum (a type of rum made in Guyana in South America) that was imported to Newfoundland as part of the triangular trade that sent salted codfish down to the British West Indies I had poutine once and it was good, but I felt the urge to check my cholesterol and blood pressure after.  Never had a Double Double or screech. |
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