Teach me the lingo...

[Ask For More]

Ahh i think i get it now.
(someone corect me if i'm wrong)
But it's the UK version of Ebonics?
Depending on what city or area you are in it means different things to different people?

No no no....cockney is not a specific to a particular ethnic group.
(Unless you count English people as an ethnic group?)

Cockney is a specific London slang....but it's only mainly used in certain areas in London. Having said that, a lot of people living in London have cockney accents, but don't talk in rhyming slang.

 

[Myrrdin]

http://www.cockney.co.uk/slang.htm

`Ullo, mate. Come in awf (out) of de frog an' toad (road) an' 'ave a cuppa Rosie (cup of tea). It's on de Cain an'Abel (table). But wipe yer plates o' meat (feet) 'cos de ol' trouble an' strife (wife)'s just scrubbed de Rory O'More (floor). She's up de apples an' pears (upstairs) 'avin' a bo-peep (sleep). I'm still on de cob an coal, (dole). Get into that lion's lair (chair) and let's chew the fat (have a chat).'

 

[Darowyn]

Just in case you are wondering where the word Cockney comes from, it is a country person's expression for Londoners expressing how useless they are.
A Cock is a Rooster in American, and Ey is an old Kentish pronunciation of Egg, so a Cockney, being a city boy is as useless as a Rooster's Egg.
I have read that infertile eggs were thought to have been laid by roosters, but if one happened to hatch out, the creature that came out of it would be a monster called a Cockatrice, whose gaze would turn you to stone.
So please take care that PPman never hatches!
Cheers
Dave (from t'North)

 

[Mr. Bootie]

Am I the only one getting confused by this thread??

I'll just have to have sexy-girl, lisa, Outsider, and all my other UK friends teach me this language when I get there. Trying to figure this out is giving me a headache. LOL. Good luck Bratcat.

kgboot

 

[pabloback]

http://www.cockney.co.uk/slang.htm

`Ullo, mate. Come in awf (out) of de frog an' toad (road) an' 'ave a cuppa Rosie (cup of tea). It's on de Cain an'Abel (table). But wipe yer plates o' meat (feet) 'cos de ol' trouble an' strife (wife)'s just scrubbed de Rory O'More (floor). She's up de apples an' pears (upstairs) 'avin' a bo-peep (sleep). I'm still on de cob an coal, (dole). Get into that lion's lair (chair) and let's chew the fat (have a chat).'

seen it all now, a welshman trying to speak cockney.
wonders never cease
translated into english cockney it would read
awright geezer , come in outta the frog [road] an ave a cuppa rosy [tea] its on the cain[table (never actually heard anybody call a table cain and abel)]. but wipe yer plates [feet ] cos me trouble an strife][wife] has just cleaned the floor [where did you get rory o moore from?] she's upstairs having a bo peep [apples and pears means stairs , not upstairs, bo peep =sleep]. i m still on the rock and roll [dole= unemployment benefit]. lions lair i never heard of and chew the fat comes from somewhere else , you can chew the fat on your own

one would never use that many cockney slang words in one sentence , maybe one or two.........the only one in that particular sentence that would probably be used would be plates [of meat =feet..........also means eat as in i would love to plate her ! =i would like to perform cunnilingus on that delightful lady]

 

[Myrrdin]

English Cockney ?

Did you read the webpage , I linked Pablo? That piece was cut and pasted straight off that Cockney website.

The Virtually Secret East London website. A guide to where to stay, eat , drink, club etc.
http://www.cockney.co.uk/welcome.htm