tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927870683677181756.post5614995412938620853..comments2023-10-15T04:48:05.528-04:00Comments on Free the Princess: Cockney Rhyming SlangMatthew Delmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452378192874048547noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927870683677181756.post-89263109701319174602010-05-25T12:23:23.142-04:002010-05-25T12:23:23.142-04:00Excellent post, good sir. And, fyi, London ain'...Excellent post, good sir. And, fyi, London ain't the only place with rhyming slang. My hometown (briefly) of Glasgow has it too, and it's still alive and well in certain areas (as far as I know). One that comes immediately to mind is "Mick Jagger" for "lager."<br /><br />My Glaswegian uncle told me he and his friends used to make up rhyming slang, and only about 15 people in the world knew what they were talking about. It's a lovely little linguistic anomaly, innit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927870683677181756.post-71651273848463516172010-05-21T13:19:22.821-04:002010-05-21T13:19:22.821-04:00This is FASCINATING. I wish I could find a place f...This is FASCINATING. I wish I could find a place for it in the new book, but I don't think I can give any of my current characters an excuse to use it... I have a few making their debut soon though, hmmm...L. T. Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448176940211118898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927870683677181756.post-7446745634310300922010-05-21T12:34:43.347-04:002010-05-21T12:34:43.347-04:00fairyhedgehog --
Thanks for weighing in! I'd...fairyhedgehog -- <br /><br />Thanks for weighing in! I'd meant to include plates and apples as part of this, but the post was getting too long. <br /><br />I thought it interesting that it was known as Cockney rhyming slang when it started outside Westminster. Did Bow Bells have a huge concentration of costermongers or something?<br /><br />Adam --<br /><br />That's the problem slang presents. If you don't live in the society that developed it, you tend to not understand what's going on. That's why I love that you had the scene where Sam explained skyler lingo to Hagai. It has the double benefit of helping the reader too.<br /><br />Good call on mentioning Basher from Ocean's Eleven, by the way.Matthew Delmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452378192874048547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927870683677181756.post-65182558383886625922010-05-21T12:27:07.823-04:002010-05-21T12:27:07.823-04:00Loved this post. Rhyming slang is fascinating and ...Loved this post. Rhyming slang is fascinating and cool-sounding. Although (as I discovered in Air Pirates) difficult to use in fiction simply because it's so danged obscure.<br /><br />Another modern example is from <i>Ocean's Eleven</i>: Barney means trouble (as in Barney Rubble, because there's no way Barney Rubble is 150 years old).Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927870683677181756.post-59378567233878605572010-05-21T09:24:08.618-04:002010-05-21T09:24:08.618-04:00I've come across "titfer", "whi...I've come across "titfer", "whistle" and "tea-leaf" but I didn't know "sugar" or "weeping willow". Other ones that many English people will know are "apples" for "apples and pears" (stairs) and "plates" for "plates of meat" (feet). <br /><br />And your definition of Cockney is accurate, as far as I know, but rhyming slang is always known as "Cockney rhyming slang" even if it isn't!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.com