Have you ever been lost for words in the East End markets? Ever got your Gertie Gitanas (bananas) confused with your corns and bunions (onions) and it's all gone a bit Pete Tong (wrong)? Cockney Rhyming Slang is a quick, easy-to-use guide to some of the most frequently used, up-to-date as well as old-fashioned phrases.
Including:
'apples and pears' - stairs
'Barnet Fair' - hair
'sausage and mash' - crash
'bubble bath' - laugh
'Britney Spears' - beers
'has beens' - greens
'dig a grave' - shave
An entertaining collection that explains the ever-evolving dialect of London's East End, with Cockney Rhyming Slang you'll be conversing with the street traders of the East End with no Barney Rubble (trouble).
| ISBN: | 9781843173748 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2009 |
| Author: | Shelley Klein |
| Publisher: | Michael O'Mara Books Limited an imprint of Michael O'Mara |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Genres: |
Slang and dialect humour |
Have you ever been lost for words in the East End markets? Ever got your Gertie Gitanas (bananas) confused with your corns and bunions (onions) and it's all gone a bit Pete Tong (wrong)?
Cockney Rhyming Slang features in the following genres: Slang and dialect humour
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Cockney Rhyming Slang was written by Shelley Klein and published by Michael O'Mara Books Limited an imprint of Michael O'Mara
Cockney Rhyming Slang has 96 pages