Originally posted by Lira
Lira slow, likes turtles :D
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SYSTEM-J
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Originally posted by R.j.
So in the case of 'apples and pears' 'apples' has no other function than being an associated item with pears?
The rhyme is generally a two-part phrase, but only the first part of the phrase is actually spoken. So "Battleship and sub" = "pub" but you'd only say "I'm going to the battleship". The slang was designed to be deliberately obfuscating. It gets really difficult when the rhyming slang refers to another piece of slang. "Cream crackered" = "knackered" or "Vera Lynns" = "skins", for example.
R.j.
ah, thanks a lot to all! Was going over some of the traits of the Cockney dialect and was utterly stumped there.
Just another question, if you don't mind, but would you say that a conversation between a Cockney and a Geordie(assuming both understand each other's lingo) would be, er, utterly impenetrable to someone from, say, the Texas countryside?
Yeah, I just can't understand Geordies at all. I used to work with one, and it's hopeless attempting to understand some of the he used to say.
R.j.
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
By the way, is this research for a story?
Hahaha!
Yep. Remember that Finnegans Wakish excerpt I posted some time go? Well, two months or so ago I asked myself whether I would prefer a larger audience as opposed to a closetonothing audience? I decided on the former and restarted and have been writing away since. I did, however, decide to keep the 'dialectal' aspect of it. Now that I'm approaching the second part I thought it'd be a good idea to open up my notes and start plugging away.
Just so you know: I'm not planning on producing anything phenomenal as far as dialects go, but I'd like to render a decent, maybe even good representation.
Lira
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Originally posted by Sushipunk
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Yeah, I just can't understand Geordies at all. I used to work with one, and it's hopeless attempting to understand some of the he used to say.
That reminds me of some UKTA from Newcastle whose name I can't remember. He went to London on vacation and, when an American asked him for directions and he tried to tell her he wasn't from London either, she asked him if he spoke English :p
zag2me
"Did you get any Charly last night?"
Basically means did you get laid. Did you get your Dickins
Charly/Charles Dickins
Sushipunk
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Originally posted by Lira
That reminds me of some UKTA from Newcastle whose name I can't remember. He went to London on vacation and, when an American asked him for directions and he tried to tell her he wasn't from London either, she asked him if he spoke English :p
