Cockney Rhyming Slang

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[@jamesgriffiths8835]

It's interesting how lot's of Cockney rhyming slang makes it's way into other area's of the UK. I'm from the Midlands and people are often using words like "Are you telling porkies?" (Pork pies = lies), "Have a butchers" (Butcher's hook = look) or "Haven't got a scooby" (Scooby Doo = Clue) but many people don't realise that they actually come from rhyming slang!

[@Crimethoughtfull]

'aven't got a Scooby is the only one that makes any kind of sense. And 'ere I thought that Yank slang was a bit obtuse...bloody 'ell, we're practically spelling it out compared to you lot (and yes, I've lived outside the US a few years...much of your slang is still quite obtuse).

[@RobBCactive]

Indeed, I had not realised a barney was CRS. Probably rhyming slang has creative people making new ones all over the country. Some of the cultural references are suspiciously modern!

[@katcankan7129]

James Griffiths- That's the thing when you're from the Midlands we have southern and northern saying. BTW you missed one "ducking and diving". I must admit l didn't Know it was cockney until now.

[@RobBCactive]

James Griffiths I have realised TV Comedy writers working around censorship popularised this. If you can't use a bad word, substitute something like berk. Only the ppl who won't complain will realise they really mean, Berk shire Hunt, C**t.

[@oooziet.j.6832]

Slutton!

[@shameyaeger1795]

it's crazy how this started as a way to talk without someone knowing your business and it has carried on to this day.

[@lawrenceking1746]

John Krazinski does a good cockney accent doesnt he

[@waynenorris7035]

No hes a james blunt!

[@ayrtonfry3094]

hahahahaha

[@kaitkat3034]

Sure does

[@porrydaporry6252]

daaaaaaammmnnnn

[@TheySt0leMyUserName]

He learned from Blake lively

[@lucasabbott7133]

I’m British but watching these makes me laugh so much at how stupid my language is 😂

[@jimmiranda7181]

Et's ah abow perspective, govna.

[@ericcharles8081]

Watching these truly makes me realise how posh I speak. I love the Geordie accent and this one was just on me haha but I do love how these videos showcase how amazing accents are across the UK

[@texastea5686]

Noooooo love listening to these videos lol

[@aggelikiap]

This is not st00pid this is awesome XD

[@aryarytheotheo1727]

Bruv.. Oi! you aving a bubble bath china plate!You Best be careful now or you could get in Barney rubble !! 🧐🤨😉

[@abdalaabdullahi198]

Imagine calling the queen baked beans

[@DReed1945]

Abdala Abdullahi and imagine washing using Bob Hope.

[@oooziet.j.6832]

He’s naked! It was necessary hahahahaha!

[@FernandoSV]

god save the baked beans

[@sambou6286]

😀😀

[@sambou6286]

You should belong to a gang to be able to talk like that....

[@solomonbundy2795]

This is such a strange concept to me.

[@duraosunda]

You haven´t seen nothing yet.

[@96Revo]

As a non native speaker, I'm just like.. WTF

[@vwdiver512]

I dont get it at all

[@Bhodisatvas]

Rhyming slang originated from criminals as a verbal coded language to talk amongst themselves and the law not being able understand.

[@laurence345]

Bhodisatvas It was the market traders of London cockney slang originated from my friend

[@BradWest96]

"He was a regular James Blunt"

[@jaykapolka6111]

See I get it when you say both words. But if you just said James, how would that make sense?

[@luckydave328]

@@jaykapolka6111 When it's like that eg a really common name we use both words...though I know "c**t" as "Jeremy 'unt" (Hunt). But a cuppa rosie can only be a cup of tea and a ruby can only be a curry. (Rosy Lee and Ruby Murray) got it ?

[@jaykapolka6111]

@@luckydave328 I understood it to begin with. What I mean is, if you say someone is a regular Jeremy Hunt I can see how people might make the connection. But if you just said Jeremy I don't how can connect the dots without it being explain beforehand

[@luckydave328]

@@jaykapolka6111 Exactly. Jeremy is a common name which is why we use both parts of the rhyme. If it was a more unusual name we might only use the first part. As in having a J.Arthur Rank. We only use J.Arthur ! You are puzzling over something that doesn't apply, doesn't happen.

[@user-gu2hk8sg1p]

Or a berk, short for Berkshire Hunt.

[@wininspn]

So "bread and honey" is the origin of "bread" meaning money? That one slang word is understood in the U.S., as well.

[@zzskal]

No, it’s because bread and honey rhymes with money.

[@saralampret9694]

Nope. We say bread for money in my language and it doesn't rhyme ..

[@TheTHEYVI2000]

it originates from the term ''breaking bread'' meaning to share wealth, wealth being bread

[@lobsterworldwide]

Sounds like a possibility to me. Idk what these people are talking about. Brass tacks is another one common in the US

[@TheJPHarvey]

@@saralampret9694 you lot are really struggling with this. Bread and honey means money but you only say the first word ffs 😂

[@lobsterworldwide]

There’s a scene in Band of Brothers where a Brit says to a confused American, “You’re having a bath if you think you’re half-inching that” (having a laugh if you think you’re pinching that). I was so proud of myself for understanding :D

[@DReed1945]

“Turn on the telly!” “Mate, ya don’t want the coppers to know you like tv!” “I know! Let’s rhyme it so we don’t get caught! Let’s call it custard and jelly!” “Brilliant!!”

[@saeedbaloch2393]

thanks for your precious time and cooperation.

[@Quarton]

Love this video! Thanks for making it . . . so much fun!! Thank you, Sam!

[@kadishakarabulut471]

I speak fluently in rhyming slang but with a scouse accent

[@webrambler88]

Damn that's double trouble😁

[@colwilpro]

Dey do doh don't dey doh!

[@luciamakkai2439]

Absolutely entertaining and helpful! I can't get enough of these phrases, so I'd like more like this please. Thank you Anna, a huge thumb up!! ;) :)

[@pile333]

Oh, that's hardcore Cockney! Nice. Something you can hardly find on YT. Probably one of the main reasons why some british movies have english subtitles even in USA or in other anglophone countries! ^_^

[@Ray199149]

This is very useful!!! Slangs are awesome but Cockney Rhyming Slang is beyond awesome lol. Thank you Anna and Sam!

[@thingocyennguyen7461]

That's great. Thanks a lot, Anna.

[@keithredacted8154]

I was looking for a less aggressive cockney speaker but there's so few in a quick search, this guy was a blessing.

[@tiojiukiakakinang]

I don't think I love Cockney accent, but I definitely like it. Thanks Anna for a wonderful lesson. It's gr8. Cheers

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

I definitely want more, please. Thank you. 🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐

[@Blue_3rd]

It’s worth remembering that in most cases, only the first word in the pair is said. The original idea of this slang, so one theory goes, was to confuse the authorities, so saying both words would make it easier to guess what they were talking about. There are a few exceptions, but usually we would say ‘apples’ for stairs, ‘boat’ for face etc. They change from time to time. When I was younger, having a laugh was ‘avin’ a Turkish’ = Turkish bath (pronounced baaf = laugh) 😃. Talk was ‘rabbit’ from a traditional London dish (many years ago) of rabbit and pork, this is sometimes changed to ‘bunny’. To become scared, or change your mind about something was to ‘bottle it’ or ‘lose your bottle’ which started as rhyming slang and developed from there. Another thing is that a lot of these have a sort of family tree of development, for example we call someones arse their ‘aris’ - not Harris as many people think. This comes form Aristotle = bottle, then bottle and glass = arse. The list is endless, as well as great fun.

[@Robob0027]

@ D Geeter Thanks for pointing out that usually it is just the first word of the sentence that is said. I was about to say the same. I often see things on KZbin that annoy me like when the people that talk about cockneys have no idea what they are saying or those that profess to be teaching proper English (Learn with Lucy is the worst) but who make glaring errors themselves. I know live in South Africa and one of most used expressions by almost all ethnic groups is 'my old china' but most, except us cockneys immigrants, know where it came from.

[@Blue_3rd]

@@Robob0027 Interesting! I had no idea they would use China plate in S.A. 😃

[@xGomezMarine]

Some of these I figured out almost instantly and would know what a bloke said to me on the street if I encountered them but there were others I really didn't know until they were explained. Amazing vlog & lesson!!!! It may take me several views to really nail down all of the meanings. Lots of love, smiles, and kisses to ya!!!!!😃👏🏻❤😍💋

[@andypdq]

He aint no bloke, he's a GEEZER.

[@TheRetroShed]

I’ve just had to describe rhyming slang my my lad. This vid was very helpful. Well done.

[@MsKidCuddy]

This is the trippiest piece of art ever

[@kainejoyes2981]

normally you'd drop the second bit ( the rhyming bit) while at work in the garage you hear ....." pass me that Elsey" (Elsey tanner = Spanner) translation "please be so kind as to pass me that wrench" as all good slang- its a way to communicate with those in the know and excluding everyone else ....also good fun!

[@johnlovenhill1]

So many layers to these. Need to do another video explaining the explanations.

[@eliisonline]

This is also where (some of) the polari language came from! Irish jig -> wig , plates of meat -> feet , vera lynn -> gin , and so on!

[@user-it8gq5ib4c]

I understand about 30% only))) but it's awesome! I like this topic about dialects. Thank you, Anna!

[@milenawood5473]

Oh the creativity of cockney rhyming slang! Love it!

[@duraosunda]

You´ll love bumping a bunch of those guys around 3 am after they have non stoply drink since 2 pm...

[@colehalford1893]

Now the phrases from BBC's Primeval make sense, thanks 👍

[@wininspn]

"Go on, have a little look!"

[@duraosunda]

It´s unlikely she would flirt with us, she´s got a massive queue of men waiting to flirt her.

[@25692adel]

Anna and your lovely , brilliant video

[@shadowgovernment3000]

I think Rhyming Slang used to be used in Australia as well (that's where I first heard about it) Merri Creek _(a creek in Melbourne in Australia)_ = Greek

[@Mathelite-ii4hd]

pls do the 2nd part.i am very eager for that

[@JefferyPeterson]

The part that makes it extra confusing is the dropping of the second word, THE WORD THAT RHYMES, to shorten the phrase.

[@theshunnedBandersnatch]

The bread sayings were interesting. In the part of the U.S. I'm from, "bread" is also a slang term that can mean "money," usually when referring to something that's expensive: "Those concert tickets were mad bread."

[@marktattoostudio1299]

I love this video

[@abdelhakhope9605]

I love this video it was interesting

[@aminahyasin1979]

My teacher played this to show us how the Artful Doger from Oliver Twist use to speak. We got to the 'ass' part and the class went crazy. We were in year 7.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Lol oh my, I bet the teacher was a little embarrassed.

[@aminahyasin1979]

@@EnglishLikeANative She really was 😅😅

[@kolarz85]

I do enjoy the video as many others of yours Anna 😊 I guess you probably don't know that I am Polish. I have also finished English philology and I understand your accent as well as Love English UK Leila's and Sabrah's accent 💖🇬🇧 However, the Cockney accent (I am not talking about the funny slang/code that has just been presented) is so foreign to me that I would say that Cockney is other language than standard English. That's how my Polish indicrinated brain perceives Cockney 🙈 Greetings Anna and All the Best 😊🤗💖🇬🇧

[@elijahmclaughlin-prosser9002]

Hey, could you please do a accents video on southern and northern Welsh. Being Welsh it would be so good if people could understand what I'm saying!

[@Crimethoughtfull]

There are two kinds of Welsh?? I thought all Welsh was Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, no matter which area one is from. What is the differnce?

[@izzyGO52]

Saying Nothern Welsh English and Southern Welsh English and Mid-Welsh English are the same is kinda like saying Northern English, Midlands English and Southern English are the same :) but honestly, i don't think i could list out the differences, not looked into it enough

[@jameshumphreys9715]

@@Crimethoughtfull South Wales has a dialect called Wenglish: Tidy, means good/great; Ych-a-fi, disgusting; cwtch, is a hug; bampi, Granddad; butty, is mate; Bach is small. ear, year and here are pronounced year also funny phrases whose coat is that jacket hanging up on the floor; I'll be there now in a minute and

[@cultureclique2173]

loved it.

[@lizardas]

Something similar developed in Argentina. It's called lunfardo, an argot which began with Italian immigrant prison inmates in Buenos Aires. It was a way to communicate without the authorities understanding what you were talking about.

[@amirhussain1449]

Really nice

[@thomassimmons1950]

This young lady is absolutely adorable..!

[@blazeelvirafirehoof7844]

I love how in the explanation for a bubble bath, she made "you are having a laugh" sound like a threat.

[@pkaur3029]

0:00-0:02 It sounded like as if he said 'Cockney Rhyming Slag' instead of 'Cockney Rhyming Slang' lol 😂😂😂

[@randomminutesoftheday2069]

?

[@randomminutesoftheday2069]

Kanchan Rochwani Oh I didn’t se

[@luckydave328]

Pity they didn't use one instead of these two toffs !

[@sebastianalegria3401]

what a lesson Anna!! both together makes a nice couple as teachers thank u so much

[@nizar.lmwswy]

Thanks 🌷

[@DailyLifeWoongDang]

Really nice ~

[@dixgun]

had now idea until just now this where "bread" for "money" originates from ! :)

[@venkataramanan2381]

It would be great if you put actual image for the words like Barney rubble so that we get what exactly they are. Thanx for the video

[@whitelivesmattermore9597]

Here in the north of England we say "Chevy Chase" not "boat race", and "Giraffe" not "bubble bath".

[@deletebilderberg]

Many are now shortened. ‘Is that your DOG (& bone) ringing?’ 📞 ‘What’s that smell. What a PEN!! (& ink) 👃

[@nikbrickkbsgaming4117]

oh ya i think i remember Ron Weasley using a few of these terms in Harry party

[@saeedbaloch2393]

That's wonderful,can have a live video call with you regarding english language when you're free

[@EnglishLikeANative]

+Saeed Baloch sure, students wanting private lessons should book via the Shop at www.britishenglishpro.com or www.englishlikeanative.me

[@johnmcgahern3946]

They forgot the best one...Berkshire Hunt! :D

[@guitarguru.3572]

Hahaha! I’m an American, and have never studied this speech pattern, but I believe that I can put together what this means. I suppose that makes this tutorial a successful learning tool. Way to go!

[@tellyknessis6229]

Actually, it's Berkeley Hunt. That's why the seemingly innocuous "berk" is a real insult within the sound of Bow Bells...

[@thagirion9761]

She can teach me English all day.

[@chrinamint]

You're havin' a giraffe!

[@brucewayne1894]

Waiting for part 2....

[@colleentrodge1968]

You two are high af and so am I

[@nayaramirez1970]

i can understand eerything even when its just the 1st word because of my uncles... but its a different matter remembering what to say if your trying to speak it...

[@fanofmanythings7717]

Gonna need to look back at this if I go to London

[@EnglishLikeANative]

I wouldn’t worry too much. Many people in London are not cockneys and therefore you won’t hear a lot of Cockney rhyming slang.

[@davidmurra6566]

Oh my god, this is super interesting to me. We have a very similar slang in Mexico City where you change a word for another one that rhymes. Of course, it is considered low-brow, but I think it is super fascinating and creative!

[@benheideveld4617]

But CRS has a double twist, the rhyme is with the second word of an expression that is dropped. “Trouble” means wife, but doesn’t rhyme with wife, it rhymes with “Strife” from “Trouble & Strife”, but the rhyming word “Strife” gets dropped and you replace Wife with Trouble. Same with Look and Butcher’s Hook. Come have a Butcher’s…

[@briggs5569]

"Country and western" is my favorite

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Take a ball & chalk. Take a walk. Yes this video is a good one. A big thumbs up 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Thanks.

[@maciejolczyk]

Encore! More! More!

[@lowemajor1836]

I love cockney rhyming slang😂😂

[@nickmacdonald9535]

Many years ago I was a copper abd we were doing an obbo, an observation. The subject of the obbo came out of his house and I alerted my colleagues. "He's out of his drum and is on his plates". Everybody on the net understood. He is leaving his house and is walking

[@twistedlogic4742]

Took so much time to learn so little. There is absolutely no logic in this language. It was a waste of mi lemon and lime!!

[@ariannam.9360]

Okay okay I finally got it by "bottle & glass" after using context clues, got it now, fanks!

[@angrysquirrel187]

I want to single-handedly import this concept to the states using American idioms.

[@chloe-louisehutchins6571]

Who else just loves this?

[@gustavmattsson6291]

FAN SÅ GIDD!

[@loriyagami4121]

i love that badass voice

[@sirajibrahim6039]

I'm living in London, & some of my friends when they talk in Cockney, I carefully listen to understand em, but I ain't,... coz I ain't grow up here but I really fancy to Cockney like Londoner, mo videos same pls! cheers

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

I thought I'd understand all the standard English words Anna used to translate from the Cockney rhyming slang but I've never heard of "skyving" before, what does that mean?

[@Ross.Cavendish]

Skive is an informal British term meaning to avoid something, such as work or responsibility.

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

Ah ok, I see :)

[@zebbedi]

I used to skive off from school.

[@jamesgriffiths8835]

The American's would call it "hookey" I believe.

[@eoghan-uk9yi]

Didrick Namtvedt how old are you?

[@marksman1416]

I learned Barney Rubble from Ocean's 11.

[@mattydatboi]

This is mad funny

[@jmcosmos]

I use "not a sausage" ALLLLLLLLLLLL the time. (Thenk yew, Bluebottle!)

[@bilalahmad773]

i like your video i learn many thing

[@zman92630]

Question- does a rhyming phrase mean only 1 thing or can it mean more than one thing in a different context? E.g. does "cows and kisses" mean "Mrs" only or can it mean something else that sounds like "_isses"?

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

It's a fun concept for inventing new slang. I would have guessed you called a pub a battle cruiser cuz drunk sailor frequented it.

[@crypandora66]

I would think that would mean to take a snooze (snoozer)

[@mousamuneebexplorer]

Great 👍

[@Romans8-9]

Im Australian and Dad uses frog and toad quite a bit. Dont mean to state the obvious but Its interesting how much Oz has inherited from the UK.

[@anivin7726]

"Time to get down to brass tax" is a common phrase in America and I never really knew what it meant. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[@blackopsguy1023]

anivin Tacks, not tax. Tax doesn’t even make sense in that context, whereas tacks does, mostly due to the presence of “brass”

[@mahmoudnaser7556]

It's really difficult but I like it

[@OfficialFinalGirl]

My favorite one is raspberry ripple from Legend lol

[@mareksmezalis5960]

This lady is lovely! Cool video.

[@mareksmezalis5960]

Fella is cool too

[@mceleneyy]

For once as a northerner, I actually respect this kind of southern accent

[@khasab6124]

You have to remember to explain to people that expressions like "take a walk" mean go away. Get lost. Take a hike. On yer bike. 😆

[@terrihaydon5757]

We say those here in Oz :) Dead horse is tomato sauce, a fly is a meat pie..so a fly with dead horse is a pie with tomato sauce lol

[@killerjack3737]

I've heard slang, but this is like an encrypted file as a spoken language.

[@user-cw5jl5zx5h]

We use a lot of these phases in Australia 😂

[@eyelight3056]

In Oz, Warwick Farm = arm Lillian Gish = fish Cheese n Kisses = misses

[@terrihaydon5757]

Damn, I'm born n bred in Oz and never heard these, but I know fly with dead horse is a pie with tomato sauce LOL

[@dedymartana7106]

Confusing.. but interesting

[@blueturtle3623]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the second part is typically omitted, right?

[@adultButterfly88]

Isn’t anyone else saddened that they didn’t mention Hank Marvin = starving! Hahah

[@jeylful]

Very useful thanks... although it is quite strange for a non-native speaker to understand this type of slang, I guess you just have to take it as it is...

[@danieljones7843]

I may have been born and raised in Australia but my dad’s side are all from Droylsden Manchester. I grew up watching British comedy from little Britain all the way back to the goon show. Us Aussies sometimes do rhyming slang too, like reg grundies and doing the Harold holt. I’d say more but I really need to have a Jimmy riddle…

[@danieljones7843]

Obviously Reg grundies means undies and Harold holt means bolt (did a runner). Ironically Harold holt is famous for going for a swim and disappearing without a trace.

[@Travelogues_Arunava]

I got everything stored in uncle ned (Head)😊