American Couple Reacts: First Time: Cockney Rhyming Slang!!

American Couple Reacts: First Time: Cockney Rhyming Slang!!
We have received numerous requests to do this reaction. So we have to admit, this was a TON of FUN!! We learned a lot and also feel like we are more confused at the same time haha! Debbie gives you a challenge for the comments section that you can't possibly pass up. We think you will enjoy this as much as we did. Thanks to you all!
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[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Hi everyone! This was a blast for us! Although we feel incredibly confused 😂 don't forget to write a cockney slang comment for Debbie to respond to. Just type "Dear Debbie" she will comment back what she thinks it means! Love you all! ❤

[@ianplatt1375]

Dear Debbie got my Hempsteads sorted yesterday (Hampstead heath)teeth Hampstead heath is an posh area in north London

[@ianplatt1375]

A bag of sand is a grand which is in is $1000 and a blower is a phone as on the blower but don't know what this rhymes with as a cockney and half sceptic tank (yank)another one for you I don't know ha ha

[@ianplatt1375]

Don't think my reply got to you confusing KZbin grand is bag of sand =$1000 blower is on the phone as in I'm on the blower

[@johnburton3865]

@@ianplatt1375 Not 'sceptic' but 'septic'. Very insulting to Americans. Not nice.

[@ianplatt1375]

@@johnburton3865 sorry but you're correct my apologies it was what my grandfather was reaferd to when he severed in the usaf stationed here in the second world war it was cockney slang but it was that as we were could limese it was banter them days everybody thought aloud side eash over sweaty socks (Scottish)for entance

[@vaudevillian7]

“Let’s have a butchers” that’s a classic one that’s still used around the U.K. quite widely

[@michaelafrancis1361]

Butcher's hook.... look. Just putting in the translation.

[@michaelchampion936]

I had this one at work the other day, one guy said to take a butchers at something, and he was speaking to three people, from Thailand, Spain and Ukraine, I had to go over and explain what it meant. I think butchers is the one I hear the most, along with apples and pairs. The later is said together, but butchers is on its own.

[@paulcharleton3208]

@@michaelchampion936 I think "Ave a butch" is even more common than "have a butchers". The other ones that are even more widespread and used everywhere, even in the North (without people knowing they are from rhyming slang are: "use yer loaf" for thinking, and "titfer" for a hat which comes from the rhyming slang "tit for tat" (if this isn't American English it means an eye for an eye"

[@philipamos4333]

English musician James Blunt was over the moon when he lost his cockney title to Health secretary Jeremy Hunt

[@RaymondOreFineArt]

Ha, ha brilliant

[@user-itschad1954]

It's actually Berkeley Hunt as in " you berk" people use it without knowing its meaning.

[@2eleven48]

There was a time when Hunt was synonymous with the c word. So I go into the staff coffee lounge at my local library where I worked, and somehow got confused making a joke about Hunt and the c word, and said the offending word. There was a deep silence from the mainly female staff, then one of them pointed out my error. Instead of apologising, I burst out laughing. Oh well, they'd all realised by then I was an idiot, and let it pass. Robert, UK.

[@TringmotionCoUk]

I think this is the moment you are looking too... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3vTf6WXq9eqkMU

[@Gramakin]

Well, he got it from Gareth Hunt.

[@michael_177]

"I ain't got a scooby, mate." - one of my favourites to use when I've truly no idea wtf is going on, haha.

[@ufucoffeefuctifarno6288]

the original is Danny la Rue

[@RKagram]

I said that to my mrs the other day 😂

[@helenwood8482]

All Brits know this stuff because we grew up watching TV shows based in London, like Only Fools and Horses. Once you get used to it, you can work out almost any rhyming slang, but don't feel bad that you don't get it instantly. London criminals used it because it was not obvious. Also, hope you feel better soon, Natasha.

[@janedoe955]

"Use your loaf" is often used even today - another way of saying "use your head (or your brain)" - so Debbie was right!

[@distantplaces6560]

It is also used to replace swear words. Eg: “I don’t give a friar tuck” and “I’m just going for a hit and miss”. All very handy whilst the kids are within earshot. Beer is classically know as “pigs ear” rather than the modern “Britney” Really nice to see that you wonderful ‘septics’ (septic tank = yank) are embracing the weirdness that is Britishness

[@MadTamB]

And if you're anti-American, you're anti-sceptic!

[@ronparaman3732]

We used to use, going for a gypsies. Gypsies kiss!

[@misolgit69]

@London Calling hence the joke Brit soldiers used to wind up the Septic soldiers at the big concerts there's Nelson Riddle (real person) and his brother Jimmy

[@ruthgrimley7653]

A jimmy and a jack.... Jimmy riddle, Jack Wright 😉

[@distantplaces6560]

@@ruthgrimley7653 Not to be confused with ‘jack speak’ which is a particular slang used by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines but seems to have filtered to bits of the Army.

[@markkettlewell7441]

I am sorry you have received negative and abusive feedback from certain trolls. Just remember that most of your viewers cannot stand them either. They are sad small-minded and hateful people who use the Internet as a platform to spew their bile. Ignore and delete them. Don’t reply to them and eventually they will vanish back into the dark hole they came from. Love and Kindness triumphs every time. Be strong and be blessed 😀

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Natasha here! I just convinced Debbie to answer a few of your cockney slang LIVE! In just a few mins!! Thumbs up this comment if you will be watching 👀 👍🏻 In case you miss it. It will be uploaded here for you 😊

[@wellingboroughanddistrictu3a]

I'm from the Midlands and regularly heard "use your loaf" when I was growing up. Cockney Rhyming Slang was used extensively in popular police/underworld TV programmes during the 1970's such as The Sweeney and Minder. Sweeney is itself Cockney Rhyming Slang It's a bit unfair to Dear Debbie it as working it out requires a working knowledge of the Metropolitan Police. The Sweeney is the Flying Squad. Sweeney Todd, get it? The Sweeney were get up in the 1930's to combat an outbreak of smash and grab raids and continued as as part of the Mets anti robbery strategy.

[@coot1925]

I'm from west London & was constantly told by my dad to use my loaf & to get my plates off the sofa. I was also married to an American who lived here in the UK. She spent a majority of her time confused. Here's one for you to work out. It's a very strong word used to describe a lady's part or an undesirable person. James Hunt was a British formula 1 driver. So what do you think his name stands for? I.e. That bloke's a bit of a James". We used to have a coin called a three pence piece. It got shortened to thrupney bit, i.e. "that woman has a nice pair of thrupney's" = t-ts. Make up your own & confuse ya friends. Love you guys, keep it up✌️

[@woodentie8815]

Yeah, from Manchester way(200 miles N. of London), and using your loaf meant using your common-sense, without us maybe realising it was rhyming slang - it was just, using your loaf!

[@jodipodiumdesigns]

Yep we use that one in Yorkshire too

[@cr10001]

@@jodipodiumdesigns And the south of England. It seems to be pretty universal.

[@stuartfitch7093]

Cockney rhyming slang is used allover England now. I'm Lincolnshire born and bred, I've lived here all my life yet I often say things to people like "use your loaf". This is a simple example of how over the passing of years what started out as a secret, coded language has become widely known and used across the whole population.

[@desbyrne1256]

So happy to see you have not capitulated to the haters xx

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Never! ❤🇺🇲

[@stevesharpe361]

You mean capitulated to the merchants

[@jono.pom-downunder]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow to the haters as Adam Hills says: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKDKfJV9jL-KbJY Here's the full skit:I think you'll like it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWaWomuDoax0fM0

[@jeffreybarton1297]

There's also a slang that used to be commonly used amongst gay people and theatre people, when being gay was against the law. It's called Polari, and could be worth doing a video about 🙂

[@Westcountrynordic]

Kenneth Williams doing Polari will have them crying with laughter

[@jeffreybarton1297]

@@Myviewoftheworldful A Bona comment 😊

[@toniscandella4746]

definitely and it's got a fascinating history

[@chriscaspian2280]

@@Myviewoftheworldful Jock he's a friend of Gordons

[@wenglishsal]

YES 'Julian & Sandy' in Round the Horne.. Classic comedy show and very funny too.

[@naomid5806]

Dear Debbie I can't Adam an' eve it. I turtle that you've reacted to cockney rhyming slang. Soon you'll be the baked bean of cockney. Come up to the big smoke and you can have a butchers at this side of town! We don't get much currant this time of year, but I'm sure you an' ya trouble will turtle dove it! Loving your content guys, new subscriber here. You ladies are a breath of fresh air to 'American reacts' type of KZbin videos! And so glad you're enjoying learning about my home 🥰 Love from London!

[@allisonbaylis95]

My grandmother was a true cockney (born in Shoreditch), so used to the rhyme. The letter H is dropped too. So Hannah sounds like Anna. I was brought up by cockney nursery rhymes like Uncle Burt and Auntie Nelly. (That's all I'm saying 🤭. Did get told off in class once, when asked to say a rhyme. So pleased you are bouncing back. Ignore the trolls. ❤️

[@aucourant9998]

Cockney rhyming slang is still used here in London by original East-enders, young and old; it is constantly being updated. The funniest one I heard recently was "Someone left a Richard in the loo". 'Loo' is not rhyming slang but is commonly used for toilet. However, 'Richard' is rhyming slang for 'turd' (Richard the Third).

[@jillemburey3214]

"A Richard" is very well known and still widely used! Certainly within my family!

[@ianprince1698]

by the way, loo comes from waterloo the famous battle not really rhyming slang

[@TheScouseassassin]

In my day a 'richard' was a girl...Richard the Third = Bird.

[@andycooper6085]

@@TheScouseassassin There's a famous Two Ronnies sketch about that double translation for Richard the Third.

[@CharmCharlie]

Born a true Cockney and have used most of these, but for me the term Mockney is when people try to sound Cockney. For eample, when you listen to someone from outside London (maybe from Essex) and they sound a bit like a Londoner, they would be referred to as a Mockney! One of my fave rhymes is; "Let's finish here and go for a Ruby!" This is from Ruby Murray.....CURRY! Lol! You should also look into Pearly Kings and Queens! xx 😁

[@dee1647]

yes please to pearly kings and queens

[@ianjackson1674]

Glad you're back. Rhyming slang is an example of creative genius expressed and developed in adversity. Still used a bit. Got spread around the country via the army in WW2.

[@tracyholliday2200]

My late dad was a cockney so I was brought up with slang and it was normal for me, however my friends thought it weird as they couldn't understand it, I still use it to ths day. Only the original cockney slang is true, the newer mockney is pure mockery. There is probably a list of real original cockney slang online as there's lots. Debbie: I'm cream crackered so I'm off up the apple and pears to uncle Ned.

[@davidmould6412]

Was so very sad to watch & hear about the way you both had been treated by unstable people with issues,I watch your shows when I get time & always makes me smile & laugh & nice to see that two lovely people are making the world a happier place to be in,keep up the great work & keep making us smile,hate & bigotry have no place in society & never will,take care & tons of love hugs & respect from across the pond in England, David Mould

[@ruthgrimley7653]

Dear Debbie, we've just been in the jam jar, down the frog(and toad)to the shop. Hubby got a new whistle (and flute). I got some stuff for my Barnet(fair). Got home had a lovely cuppa Rosey(lee) and a Rubby(Murray) For our tea. Now as a yorkshire lass I'm off up t'wooden Hill to Bedfordshire( last part isn't Cocknley just what we say in Yorkshire). 😊

[@josmith4173]

I. From the south east near London so not cockney- my Nan was from North Yorkshire - so it was up the apple and pears to Bedfordshire 🙂

[@ruthgrimley7653]

I'm in West Yorkshire x

[@johnburton3865]

It's 'Ruby Murray' not Rubby. Ruby Murray was a singer who had a relatively short but eventful career. She scored ten hits in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1959. She also made pop chart history in March 1955 by having five hits in the Top Twenty in a single week. Fancy going for a Ruby tonight?

[@ruthgrimley7653]

@@johnburton3865 soz, that was predictive text .... I meant Ruby

[@jillelliott8175]

Actually as a Bedfordian from Leighton Buzzard I've always fort vat description of going ter bed funny.

[@jackytyler4159]

You guys crack me up, what a breath of fresh air you both are, hope you're feeling better soon nattasha,( birthday 🎂 girl, ) xx

[@Isleofskye]

Most "Cockneys" moved out of London in the last 45 years to the surrounding "Home Counties" or Suburbs, as I did in 1983 but though I can "wax loquacious" with the best of them I can revert back to my original Cockney whenever the fancy takes me as in.... "This geezer had his boat mashed up, There was claret everywhere. He got kicked in The Niagaras and a geezer cut him in the Gregory's".. It was lucky he did not have his Trouble or saucepans with him!"..TRANSLATION: This Gentleman had his face bashed up. There was blood everywhere. He got kicked in the Balls (Niagara Falls ) and a Man cut him in his neck (Gregory Peck-Old Actor )It was lucky e did not have his Wife (Trouble and Strife) or children with him (Saucepans=Saucepanlids=Kids"....:)

[@liamblack2574]

Ignore the haters… loads of us Brits love you fabulous ladies, love watching your videos…. Keep up the great work

[@aperson806]

"Use your loaf" really is an English expression. Debbie is speaking like a native already!

[@catfrab]

Yep this is an original cockney expression that is used commonly all over the UK now.

[@scufflingbuck521]

Great channel ladies,you seem a fun loving pair who love to learn stuff.Where would the world be without laughter and silliness,keep it up ladies.Love and respect from across the pond.🇬🇧🇺🇸.

[@roughblooduk]

I'm an old man and Cockney was a part of my every day without me even realising it. I can trace my family back to 1690 in the City of London and that's still where I live today. As a child at school teachers would punish us for using it but we just invented new terms. Today when I meet my old friends we use it normally. It's very good for taking the piss as others don't understand it. I suggest you look up 'Polari' which is the old gay language that was developed for the same purpose. And, of course, there's 'back slang' which is all the swear words said in reverse 'Kcuf fo'. American visitors, we would all put it on a bit just to see your reaction. Hope you feel better - keep up the good work.

[@user-itschad1954]

I like it George, A true geezer.

[@roughblooduk]

@@user-itschad1954 Thanks mate!

[@user-itschad1954]

@@roughblooduk I too am an old Londoner, a traditional Londoner, no place on planet Earth like London. Just cannot handle the traffic.

[@danperry7019]

You paused a video 👏 - I love that bit. In the British television show Eastenders based in the east end of London you’ll still hear lots of the original cockney sayings. Much love to you both ❤️

[@FreethoughtsOnline]

Mick Carter playing the Joanna ~ Piano.

[@diane9656]

Danny Dyer, good cockney

[@damightyshabba439]

Glad to see you didn't let the recent bout of negative comments push you back. Keep it coming girls, you're appreciated pretty much worldwide. Unfortunately being an online item - you WILL get more abuse, especially depending on what you cover. My advice is simply to ignore and carry on - a response is all they want. My mental process is fairly simple - if this fool was standing next to me in a bar and said that - I'd tear their head off. They are cowards, hiding behind their keyboards. I've had a few abusive messages myself recently and you WANT to respond - to prove them wrong and show them as idiots... but you just end up in a hell of abuse and counter-jibes. Seriously, my policy from now on is to simply ignore any crappy comment. Focus on the good ones.

[@roughblooduk]

Why on earth could anybody be offended by these girls? They are so uncontroversial and well mannered.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

Some people have such sad little lives. That's definitely the best policy. Just ignore and don't give them the satisfaction. Trolls just make me laugh at how tragic and childish they are to be honest.

[@anthonymitchell8893]

Instead of trying to year there heads of why not just open there boat up a lot less effort and just as effective

[@alexp3519]

A great example of this is in the film Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels when Barfly Jack is talking about Rory Breaker.

[@jodiedrew9367]

My mum was born under the sound of the Bow Bells so was a true Cockney. Her parents were both from the East end of London. My grandad used slang all the time so I was very used to hearing it in my younger years. Another great reaction, love from 🇬🇧❤

[@ravinloon58]

I grew up with this in London and it has never lost it's popularity so it is now mostly intuitive. The fact is, like most things, doing it all the time eventually makes it simple. I have to say it is great to have something in common with a large group of other people and I understand why people from overseas talk their native language to each other for decades after they migrate. The UK has so many unique dialects and even a couple of extra languages in an area smaller than several American States. Folk here quickly recognise a difference and often comment to show they know where you come from. I couldn't tell if she was his Trouble or just a China (Trouble & Strife... China Plate). .. they were like peas in a pod.

[@Rob_Infinity3]

Dear Debbie, I watched this video on my jack jones. But there's nothing pete tong with that. Your reactions gave me a great bubble bath. Anyway, I hope Natasha's Darren Gough gets better before her birthday!

[@Isleofskye]

"This geezer had his boat mashed up, There was claret everywhere. He got kicked in The Niagaras and a geezer cut him in the Gregory's".. It was lucky he did not have his Trouble or saucepans with him!"..TRANSLATION: This Gentleman had his face bashed up. There was blood everywhere. He got kicked in the Balls (Niagara Falls ) and a Man cut him in his neck (Gregory Peck-Old Actor )It was lucky e did not have his Wife (Trouble and Strife) or children with him (Saucepans=Saucepanlids=Kids"....:)

[@stevejpm1]

@@Isleofskye Youre avin a Turkish.

[@Isleofskye]

Well some think I am a delight Steve :) Others have got other names for me....

[@geoffjarvis5400]

I always enjoy your posts but this one was brilliant , the look of bewilderment on your faces was priceless . 😂😂😂😂

[@dannybunce2132]

Hi Debbie and Natasha, I use cockney. Even tho cockney is originally from London, it is now used widely. Im in Kent, southeast england and have grown up with it and the language now just comes out naturally without thinking. Love your videos

[@samuelsimiou7083]

I was born in London, but now live (retired) in Germany. Even now there are still Rhyming slang expressions that I'm learning as they're new to me. You're never too old t learn someth'g new. Best of luck with your Channel. Some useful info' 👍

[@DrumsTheWord]

I'm so pleased I've just found your channel. You two are adorable!!

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Aw thanks!!

[@DrumsTheWord]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Very welcome! It's wonderful to have such wholesome channels producing great content.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

@@DrumsTheWord we really appreciate that and honestly do try to be as wholesome that even the whole family can watch

[@DrumsTheWord]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow You two are very entertaining, humble, honest, loving and funny. I've only known you for a couple of hours, but I already want to be your friends! Your channel is going to go from strength to strength.

[@nicolachandler7563]

Dear Debbie, I was swimming in the sea and a huge Richard floated past.😆

[@stephenlee5929]

Sea gull, or worse?

[@rogerivermee4757]

Hi, I am 76 and still using slang and I am not a cockney, it is always being updated and mainly used in southern england

[@MartinMilnerUK]

But most of the country uses the common ones, e.g. Loaf, butcher's, dicky, plates of meat, adam and eve, etc. I am from Derbyshire, a long way from The Smoke.

[@christopherworsell678]

"Custard & Jelly" = Telly, "the trouble & strife" = Wife, "Pork Pies" = Lies, "Rosie Lee" = Tea, "Your havin a bath" = Laugh.

[@jamieeadle7223]

Na, it's avin a giraffe

[@Tonyblack261]

Some of these words and phrases have entered the English language generally, not just in London. "Use your loaf" is quite common. Most Brits would know "plates of meat" and might use it. My favourite is when you "blow a raspberry" (raspberry tart = fart). I've even known Americans to use this without knowing the root of the phrase. English is very malleable - it must be a nightmare to learn.

[@billpeake5260]

Not forgetting 'raspberry ripple' - cripple. Ian Dury was jokingly called that by his bandmates.

[@dannybunce2132]

When someone is having a joke with me, I would say, " your aving a bubble aint ya". (Bubble bath = laugh)

[@noneofyourbusiness9436]

Not going to lie I’m Scottish and I use rhyme slang my favourite is syrup of fig (wig) although you would just call it a syrup like Boris Johnson looks like he wears a syrup 😂

[@arcturus8218]

dont you hav any jockney ryming slang lol

[@dickdastardly635]

Ah yes, now that is a recognised Rhyming phrase . Not all the fake made up ones on here .

[@woodentie8815]

Isn't Johnson a total Merchant Banker??

[@johnduggan218]

Here’s a few more for you to ponder which you may already know: My Old Dutch - Duchess of Fife - Wife Me Old China - China Plate - Mate I’m Brassic - Boracic Lint - Skint J Arthur - J Arthur Rank - Wank Bristols - Bristol City - Titties ( Tits) Hampsteads - Hampstead Heath - Teeth Porkies - Pork,Pies - Lies The list is endless!

[@frankhooper7871]

Note that it's St-Mary-le-Bow church, not St-Marie-le-Bow as Paul mispronounced it LOL - and traditionally it's those *born* within the sound of the bells, not those *living* there :-) At the end of a day it isn't your 'meats' that are killing you - it's your 'plates' . And 'loaf' is one bit of rhyming slang that is in fairly common use throughout England. As to the 'why' of Cockney rhyming slang, it's the same as the 'why' for any form of slang. One example Paul didn't mention was 'weasel and stoat' for 'coat' - immortalized in the song 'pop goes the weasel'; pawn your coat.

[@marcharley6465]

Get well soon, Natasha, and I'm glad you've decided to carry on with the channel and ignore the trolls. I'm from East London and I'm in my fifties. Rhyming slang was in fairly common use when I was growing up but has generally been replaced by more modern slang. I still use some rhyming slang, for example ; "Have a butchers" (butcher's hook = look), "Get my barnet cut" (Barnet fair = hair), "That's a smart whistle" (whistle and flute = suit).

[@markkettlewell7441]

Actually Debbie’s right with, “Use your loaf.” That is what a cockney would say when asking someone to think about something. Heard it used.

[@clairec1267]

Not just cockneys that's fairly common especially amonst older peoplr

[@vaudevillian7]

It’s gone international

[@gabriellesutherlandphd5731]

Glad you are here still making videos. You didn't let the haters win.

[@-Sarah-]

Guys, I laughed 😆. I'm so glad you did a video on this. Some rhyming slang has found its way into common usage across the UK. If you really want to be confused, then watch Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It was a film by Guy Ritchie, and the slang is prevalent (but also subtitled 😆). Anyway I'm gunna run because I'm Hank Marvin..... Love you guys, get well soon Natasha, and Happy Birthday! 🤗🤗 Edited to add - What does Debbie say at 7:25? You both laughed but I couldn't make it out! Please and thank you!

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

I said 'transition" its from a show we used to watch 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt'. It was in the theme song for the show, " Fascinating transition."

[@-Sarah-]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow ahh gotcha!! I've never seen it but heard good things about it. Btw... Hank Marvin means starving 👍👍😆😆

[@klester1987c]

Haha now I understand the origin of my grandfather's phrase when he used to say "use your loaf".

[@MarkmanOTW]

As another person commented, there was another language in London dating back 100s of years. It was predominantly used in theatre community, and by the gay community - where actors and others in London's subculture would speak it to avoid detection by police, authorities and 'respectable society'. The language was called Polari - descended from Romany, Italian, and Yiddish routes. Check out the video 'Polari (Short Documentary, 60s Season, 2004)'. Fascinating and funny! FYI - In 2020, there were around 250 languages spoken in London.

[@eponatwospirithorse4980]

Some of the most famous Polari was spoken on the Radio by Messers Paddick and Williams in their guises as Julian and Sandy in the Kenneth Horn shows. "How bona to vada your dolly old eek".

[@MarkmanOTW]

@@eponatwospirithorse4980 Yes, very funny and clever sketches on the BBC radio show 'Round The Horne'.

[@eponatwospirithorse4980]

@@MarkmanOTW I was too young at the time to pick up on the double entendres but looking back they used to get away with some very risque stuff, when they were the solicitors at "Bona Law" they are asked if they will take up Kenneth Horn's legal case they reply "Well, it depends on what it is. We've got a criminal practice that takes up most of our time." On the surface this refers to them being solicitors at law their "Criminal Practice" but the subtext was, given that the Julian and Sandy personnas were very camp personalities, a sly dig at the British Legal system that made male Homosexuality illegal at that time.

[@dinger40]

@@eponatwospirithorse4980 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX2WZ2d-hdR1sJY&ab_channel=25thNovember1970

[@MarkmanOTW]

@@eponatwospirithorse4980 Absolutely! And a classic sketch 😄 The ones where they run a travel agents and a bookshop are also worth checking out 😅.....Yes, me too, as a young lad I got that it was probably risque, but didn't understand the terms. I just laughed at their whole dynamic, campness and delivery, and quick responses. This with all the other comedy of that time - Frankie Howard, Pete 'n Dud, Ken Dodd, Morecambe & Wise, Two Ronnie's, Dick Emery, The Goons, Spike Mulligan, Tommy Cooper, Eric Sykes + others + the 'Carry On' films - all by osmosis shaped my sense of humour. How lucky we were!

[@cuthalin4976]

Dear Debbie, I went in me Cat, kissed the Trouble, climbed the Apples, put on me Whistle and did me Barnet. Jumped in the Jam, drove down the Rub and had a couple of Britneys, before a Ruby. ....Easy one to start.

[@MartinMilnerUK]

Brilliant

[@vaudevillian7]

Yeah he’s pretty spot on, and plenty of it is still widely used, and beyond London

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

I recommend a film called The Limey starring Terence Stamp. He plays a cockney criminal who travels to America to investigate the murder of his daughter. He uses a lot of slang but you get to learn how the words are used in context.

[@Lee-70ish]

Hi Guys Liked your live steam. Both Christine and I are original from Essex the county east of greater London so Cockney bled over but also many Eastenders move into Essex as property prices forced them out. Most of us understand cockney to some degree. Not all Cockney ryhmes eg Ears is not always rhymed "Harkers" pronounced " Arkers" Debbie's quiz 1 ....... "sorry mate I'm Mutton and Jeff usually said as just "Mutton" Debbie's quiz 2 .... " blimey guv that's a snazzy" "Whistle and Flute" usually said as just "Whistle" Debbie's quiz 3 non rhyming " Arf a Mo" if you get that she wins tonight's star prize And finally a modern non rhymer " me Atomics are really giving me bover" bover is pronounced as in hover eg hovercraft all the best Lee & Christine

[@paulkent2868]

Im a Londoner born in 1980 i love watching you guys learn this, this is my language

[@BarleyC]

I got really Manchester United when I saw you were reacting to this - great fun and informative!

[@johnkemp8904]

I well remember my late father always saying when in need of tonsorial attention that he was going to get his Barnet cut. This was a rhyming reference to Barnet Fair, a location over a hundred miles from home. This was the result of six years Army service from 1940-46 when he mixed with men from a wider geographical background than in his civilian life. On the other hand he picked up at least one word from the north, in that he was wont to refer to his trousers as kecks.

[@TimeyWimeyLimey]

A great British cockney sitcom to help learn British slang from is 'Only Fools and Horses'. It's one of our most popular sitcoms ever.

[@dominique8233]

Hello lovely peeps, sorry you are feeling poorly Natasha. Cheer yourself up and have a gander at Doggy Daycare Farm Trips. Lots of lovely fur friends.

[@pilates21]

Hope you feel better soon Natasha. Here in Cardiff use your loaf (loaf of bread = head) was used commonly and I'm sure a few others too. You're doing great with your videos, thanks Debbie and Natasha. 👍

[@jeffreybarton1297]

Vivian Stanshall did a song called Ginger Geezer (look for it on youtube). It largely consists of rhyming slang, some of it real and some that he made up himself. Here're the lyrics, should you want to sing along..... Geezer, wot a ginger geezer I nearly 'ad a seizure When I clocked 'im in the frog Spruced up in me piccolo Me titfer an' me daisies Bowling down the rubba with me cherry china Fido. Rolled an oily rag Me cherry bread and cheesed You won't Adam wot I sees Some geezer, an ooly ginger geezer A geezer with a hooter I suppose I really had to rabbit and pork To this geezer Itie ice cream freezer Ginger geezer sees ya round.`

[@anthonyhind1308]

Dear Debbie,when either of you are introducing the other to someone,you should say "this is my trouble".Trouble and Strife=?😁

[@FenderTele]

Dear Debbie get in the jam jar and go for some Rosie Lee, don't forget to keep your mince pies on the road!

[@downsman1]

Hello, lovely ladies. I'm so very glad to see that you've bounced back after all the grossly unfair grief you got over the Irish post. Don't let "merchant bankers" like that get you down. Mean little people have mean little lives and tend to make mean little comments. Treat them as you would treat flies, wasps and other such trivial irritations. Just keep on keeping on because 99% of us love your posts.................................the ancient Englishman.

[@paulbutterworthbillericay]

I'm from Essex, worked for 8 years in London, I heard some Cockney Slang, my dad's from the East End of London, but he's never spoke a single word of Cockney, so hearing it used was interesting, then I spent 17 years working in Hertfordshire just outside London, most blokes were from London but only used Cockney a little, but one Geeza used it all the time, it turns out some Londoners are so proud of thier roots they make an effort to remind everyone else, & I've met a few folk from Canning Town in London, they kept reminding me there from Canning Town, I don't remember reminding them I was from Essex, the Great thing with England in general the accents, you couldn't make it up, if you want to see Cockney slang ir accent in motion watch 'Chas n Dave' singers, very popular I even went to see em back in the day, now these lads are ya typical loveable Cockneys, if you want to hear the London accent as it was before mass migration happened this is it, type in London Girl Chas & Dave

[@derekmoore8252]

I was born in London and use use it a lot when I was younger but you made me crack up couldn’t stop laughing at you too love you both

[@markaitcheson3212]

This slang is very common all over the UK, and used without thinking about it, when you said "Use your loaf" that was correct, that is a very common saying here, oh and i dont know why you guys get negative feedback, i love your UK reactions, always very respectful and honestly its nice to be reminded of how unique and beautiful some of the places here are, keep them coming ladies.

[@lenarobinson]

Hahaha, this was too funny, loved watching this. It made me smile so much. Cockney rhyming slang is one of those fab things I’ve loved learning about moving to the UK.

[@cogidubnus1953]

The essence of rhyming slang is that the bit which actually rhymes is often dropped altogether eg "Hair" - rhyme "Barnett Fair" - slang "Barnet" - usage "Cor you've 'ad yer Barnet done...cool" or "Look" - rhyme "Butchers Hook" - slang "Butchers" - usage "Blimey, ave a Butchers, Biddy's 'ad her Barnet done" Cockney Rhyming Slang (latterly "Mockney", ie a non-cockney equivalent) is forever developing, especially to include for example new technology or modes of transport - I have a friend who wishing to hail a Taxi Cab, insists on "going to get an Andy" - "Andy McNab" - Cab... Good Luck Debbie!

[@CinobiteReacts]

"Have a butchers" is a funny one, now we often say "I'll give it a Pat Butchers", after Pat Butcher from Eastenders 🤣

[@ajhanks9546]

Big up Debbie for pressing the pause we see you shining 😂

[@davidwallace7294]

Dear Debbie "I am watching you both on the Custard". Explanation: Custard and Jelly =Telly (Television). Jelly here in G.B. Is your Jello... It is Fantastic to see you both in such great form... Best Wishes for your Birthday Natasha... 😀 🎈 🎂 🇬🇧

[@andie2197]

Brilliant, that was such a bubble bath (laugh), tell Natasha to drink some Rosy Lee (tea). We use rhyming slang all over the UK, but usually both the words, not the first, well here anyway! Hope Natasha feels better soon x

[@neilgayleard3842]

That good have gone Pete Thong or got Lionel. Never mind you can always have a ruby.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

@@neilgayleard3842 Pete Thong=wrong ruby=tea

[@devinefamily8372]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Ruby Murray = curry

[@idontgotthis7546]

He made that so complicated! Really glad to see you back though ladies x ♥️

[@markkettlewell7441]

Dear Debbie I was feeling cold so I shrugged on my scape.

[@DPYROAXIS]

Another classic is bubble, as in bubble bath - laugh. The mockney version is 1 word - giraffe

[@melbeasley9762]

No, beer is pig's ear, which you'd drink in the battle (Cruiser) down the frog (frog and toad - road). Wearing the new whistle (and flute - suit)

[@robbob5351]

It would be great if you also had an American friend.... The Sherman (Sherman tank - yank)

[@melbeasley9762]

@@grizzlygamer8891 That'd be Mockny. I'm using phrases my Grandfather would have used.

[@peterhetherington914]

Hello Debbie and Natasha. The presenter was quite correct, rhyming slang has been around a long time with lots of the originals still in use today. A short sentence ( which would be spoken by nobody today) “I went up the frog with me skin, we popped into the rubber for few pigs. Some of me chinas arrived, Charlie can play the old Joanna so we had a bit of a ding-dong” For reference: Frog and toad, road Rubber, rubber dub, pub, Pigs ears, beers, Chinas, china plates, mates, Old Joanna, piano (pronounced “pianna” Ding dong, sing song.

[@robertalaverty9282]

OMG this video is so funny. Feel better soon Natasha xxx Come on Debbie have a go. Glad to see you both back on form. xx

[@gesimonialves2239]

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[@katydaniels508]

This is brilliant 🤩 Dear Debbie, I’ll let the skin and blister get the lilley and skinner in if I can half inch some 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jono.pom-downunder]

Dear Debbie, me old China,Thanks for takin' a butchers at this, it's clear most of this shot through ya Barnet over ya loaf passed ya king's, and didn't get a butchers at ya watch at all,👍 All good though it'd be like me trine to talk Jamaican patois. I grew up in London it was every day language it's really quite easy one you get the 'ang of it, but septicts 'ave issues coz you put the wrong emphasis on the wrong syllables, (as Al Murray said seperated by a common language, and a fuckin great Ocean thank Christ) Having lived in Australia for 25 years I find a lot of Aussie slang is based on the cockney, (not surprising really) seeing as there's so many Brits here. take care ,💐

[@zebj16]

Born in North London, live in East London (a bit further east than the East End) but use rhyming slang without thinking. Natasha, hope you get well before your birthday. From the live stream, I hear that you have had a few Jeremys writing comments - well use your loaf, reply with a bit of Cockney (or Cincinnati) rhyming slang, and they won't have a Scooby 🤔. Got to go, trouble is coming (trouble and strife - wife ). Love from London ❤️🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@leannehaith8196]

Hope you feel better soon Natasha! I’m a cockney lass, this is so funny! 🤣

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

Its not difficult when one expands ones own vocabulary - which we all do. For example, "it would be natural for a heap to go up the apple and have an Eiffel after work to get rid of the pen." "Heap" is akin with `Heap of coke" / Bloke. "Apple/s" you know.... "Eiffel" is akin with "Eiffel Tower". Shower. And "pen" is `pen and ink` / stink ! There`s a rather amuzing sketch ( I think its availabe here in YT ) where "The Two Ronnies" do Cockney Rhyming Slang, that part being Ronnie Barker playing the part of a Vicar giving a Sermon in CRS. Lol - its not the meats that are killing you at the end of a hard day. Its your plates that are killing you. You`ll get the hang of it ladies.

[@brynsuperblue52]

Great to see ya ladies get well soon Natasha

[@clarelawton4653]

My favourite ‘cup of Rosie’ = Rosie lee = Tea ☕️

[@karlaro2460]

I’m surprised he didn’t use the other common cockney saying “Whistle & Flute”

[@roughblooduk]

Been years since I wore mine.😉

[@marke.blewer1279]

Hi Natasha & Debbie, in answer to one of your questions, I would say very little Cockney Rhyming slang is spoken these days. Furthermore, my guess would be that the majority of that spoken is unoriginal and inauthentic. As a sixty-nine year old, who was born, grew up and still lives in a working class area of South-East London, it is rarely heard. London has changed hugely in my lifetime, which I imagine would be the same for most cities. In my lifetime there have been influxes of Afro-Caribbean people, people from the Indian, sub-continent and those from Africa, of Indian, extraction. Add into that mix, a splash of Vietnamese and many Eastern-Europeans, who came to find work and stayed. There would of course be many others and even historians and genealogists, would probably struggle to keep up with an ever changing picture. What I'm trying to say, is that there are very few indigenous Londoners left, I am the only one from my family, the others having died, or moved out. Also, the price of living in London, means very few working class people can afford it, for economic reasons, they have to move out. You might hear a couple of old boys throwing a bit into a conversation, but it would probably be just to amuse themselves. London is such a melting-pot these days that rather than use rhyming slang, if people don't want to be understood, they would revert to the language of their roots, generally much safer. That would be my take on why genuine Cockney Rhyming Slang, is almost a thing of the past, like those who once spoke it.

[@kevinalderton6278]

Loved this as all your videos. British people understand a lot of this even if they don’t use it. It is common on Tv in soap operas and much else. Try watching The Wall with Danny Dyer who is a cockney celebrity and actor. some has become normal usage E.g Brassic for having no money.

[@sarahc12377]

We use this quite a bit, Ruby Murray-curry, use your loaf, it's worked its way out of London and isquite often used in everyday talk all over the uk

[@timglennon6814]

Another great video Ladies. That was great.

[@philipmason9537]

People selling fresh fruit and vegetables on street markets is where the term Apples and Pears comes from.

[@markkettlewell7441]

It’s what is known as a cant. This is a coded language so two people who know the meaning can converse without an uninitiated person knowing what is being said. Often it was criminal elements wanting to confuse officers of the law from understanding their plots. Over time it became more mainstream and you pick it up over time. For example “Off your trolley bed” (usually losing the ‘bed’). Are you off your trolley? Meaning “Have you gone quite mad?” It’s no more complex than this, and once you know the code pairings they become simple mnemonics and are easy to remember.

[@woodentie8815]

Yeah, apparently in 19th C. London, among the 'underclass', it was also common to say words backwards - even though the user maybe couldn't read and write - so that only those 'in the know' knew what they were going on about!

[@briancunningham594]

The expression on your boats was worth the butchers alone. Thanks for the giraffe.

[@grahvis]

I only remember a few from when I was a kid in the 40s-50s, like having a butchers, butcher's hook = look. China, china plate = mate. I don't remember that much, my father came from the East End but I grew up in Surrey so I'm a bit posh. There was the common thing of calling someone a berk, short for Berkley Hunt, I'll leave you to work out what that rhymes with. The slang effect however has considerably reduced its insult severity.

[@jwi1085]

Berkshire hunt, no?

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

@Dean Oflondon mate

[@Willster389]

Lol most UK residents have a good grasp of Cockney rhyming slang and it is widely used as a peripheral addition to our regular language. What you will not hear is a lot of rhyming slang in one sentence or paragraph. For instance, you might say, look at the plates on him - if the male in question has big feet. Plates of meat. Using rhyming slang alludes to something out of the ordinary, usually. Plus people invent new ones and they catch on.

[@davidthemod4729]

Love you two so much, get well soon Natasha. OMG this had me in tears lol

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thank you!

[@Isleofskye]

"This geezer had his boat mashed up, There was claret everywhere. He got kicked in The Niagaras and a geezer cut him in the Gregory's".. It was lucky he did not have his Trouble or saucepans with him!"..TRANSLATION: This Gentleman had his face bashed up. There was blood everywhere. He got kicked in the Balls (Niagara Falls ) and a Man cut him in his neck (Gregory Peck-Old Actor )It was lucky e did not have his Wife (Trouble and Strife) or children with him (Saucepans=Saucepanlids=Kids"....:)

[@jacklomas7773]

It sounds silly being read like that, it's quite funny to hear by someone from East End. Carry on ladies it's been interesting watching Debbies confidence grow.love you loads xx

[@natalielang6209]

Hi ladies just found this video! You grow up hearing it and it becomes part of your everyday language. My favourite one is when people use famous people as rhyming slang for the "worst" insult. It used to be James Blunt, but now it's our Treasury Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. :P