Cockney Rhyming Slang

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 571

  • @jamesgriffiths8835
    @jamesgriffiths8835 6 років тому +332

    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
      @Crimethoughtfull 6 років тому +10

      '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
      @RobBCactive 6 років тому +2

      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
      @katcankan7129 6 років тому +1

      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
      @RobBCactive 6 років тому +1

      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
      @oooziet.j.6832 3 роки тому

      Slutton!

  • @shameyaeger1795
    @shameyaeger1795 5 років тому +67

    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
    @lawrenceking1746 4 роки тому +200

    John Krazinski does a good cockney accent doesnt he

  • @lucasabbott7133
    @lucasabbott7133 4 роки тому +361

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

    • @jimmiranda7181
      @jimmiranda7181 4 роки тому +1

      Et's ah abow perspective, govna.

    • @ericcharles8081
      @ericcharles8081 4 роки тому +4

      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
      @texastea5686 3 роки тому

      Noooooo love listening to these videos lol

    • @aggelikiap
      @aggelikiap 3 роки тому +1

      This is not st00pid this is awesome XD

    • @aryarytheotheo1727
      @aryarytheotheo1727 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @abdalaabdullahi198
    @abdalaabdullahi198 4 роки тому +328

    Imagine calling the queen baked beans

    • @DReed1945
      @DReed1945 4 роки тому +2

      Abdala Abdullahi and imagine washing using Bob Hope.

    • @oooziet.j.6832
      @oooziet.j.6832 3 роки тому

      He’s naked! It was necessary hahahahaha!

    • @FernandoSV
      @FernandoSV 3 роки тому +15

      god save the baked beans

    • @sambou6286
      @sambou6286 3 роки тому

      😀😀

    • @sambou6286
      @sambou6286 3 роки тому

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

  • @solomonbundy2795
    @solomonbundy2795 7 років тому +531

    This is such a strange concept to me.

    • @duraosunda
      @duraosunda 5 років тому +19

      You haven´t seen nothing yet.

    • @96Revo
      @96Revo 5 років тому +47

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

    • @vwdiver512
      @vwdiver512 5 років тому +5

      I dont get it at all

    • @Bhodisatvas
      @Bhodisatvas 5 років тому +42

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

    • @laurence345
      @laurence345 5 років тому +6

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

  • @BradWest96
    @BradWest96 6 років тому +34

    "He was a regular James Blunt"

    • @jaykapolka6111
      @jaykapolka6111 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @luckydave328
      @luckydave328 3 роки тому

      @@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
      @jaykapolka6111 3 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @luckydave328 3 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @user-gu2hk8sg1p Місяць тому

      Or a berk, short for Berkshire Hunt.

  • @wininspn
    @wininspn 7 років тому +146

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

    • @zzskal
      @zzskal 5 років тому +4

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

    • @saralampret9694
      @saralampret9694 5 років тому +3

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

    • @TheTHEYVI2000
      @TheTHEYVI2000 4 роки тому +7

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

    • @lobsterworldwide
      @lobsterworldwide 3 роки тому +8

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

    • @TheJPHarvey
      @TheJPHarvey 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @lobsterworldwide
    @lobsterworldwide 3 роки тому +6

    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
    @DReed1945 4 роки тому +41

    “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
    @saeedbaloch2393 7 років тому

    thanks for your precious time and cooperation.

  • @Quarton
    @Quarton 7 років тому

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

  • @kadishakarabulut471
    @kadishakarabulut471 5 років тому +28

    I speak fluently in rhyming slang but with a scouse accent

    • @webrambler88
      @webrambler88 4 роки тому +5

      Damn that's double trouble😁

    • @colwilpro
      @colwilpro 4 роки тому +1

      Dey do doh don't dey doh!

  • @luciamakkai2439
    @luciamakkai2439 5 років тому +8

    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
    @pile333 7 років тому +45

    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
    @Ray199149 6 років тому +3

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

  • @thingocyennguyen7461
    @thingocyennguyen7461 6 років тому +3

    That's great. Thanks a lot, Anna.

  • @keithredacted8154
    @keithredacted8154 4 роки тому

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

  • @tiojiukiakakinang
    @tiojiukiakakinang 7 років тому +4

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

  • @zulkiflijamil4033
    @zulkiflijamil4033 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @Blue_3rd
    @Blue_3rd 4 роки тому +9

    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
      @Robob0027 2 роки тому +2

      @ 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 UA-cam 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
      @Blue_3rd 2 роки тому

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

  • @xGomezMarine
    @xGomezMarine 7 років тому +5

    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
      @andypdq 2 роки тому

      He aint no bloke, he's a GEEZER.

  • @TheRetroShed
    @TheRetroShed 6 років тому

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

  • @MsKidCuddy
    @MsKidCuddy 2 роки тому

    This is the trippiest piece of art ever

  • @kainejoyes2981
    @kainejoyes2981 5 років тому +1

    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
    @johnlovenhill1 2 роки тому

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

  • @eliisonline
    @eliisonline 3 роки тому +1

    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
    @user-it8gq5ib4c 7 років тому

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

  • @wininspn
    @wininspn 7 років тому +11

    "Go on, have a little look!"

    • @duraosunda
      @duraosunda 5 років тому +1

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

  • @milenawood5473
    @milenawood5473 7 років тому +1

    Oh the creativity of cockney rhyming slang! Love it!

    • @duraosunda
      @duraosunda 5 років тому

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

  • @colehalford1893
    @colehalford1893 5 років тому +1

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

  • @25692adel
    @25692adel 7 років тому

    Anna and your lovely ,
    brilliant video

  • @shadowgovernment3000
    @shadowgovernment3000 3 роки тому +3

    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

  • @theshunnedBandersnatch
    @theshunnedBandersnatch 6 років тому +1

    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."

  • @Mathelite-ii4hd
    @Mathelite-ii4hd 3 роки тому

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

  • @JefferyPeterson
    @JefferyPeterson 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @marktattoostudio1299
    @marktattoostudio1299 5 років тому +1

    I love this video

  • @aminahyasin1979
    @aminahyasin1979 4 роки тому +8

    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
      @EnglishLikeANative  4 роки тому +2

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

    • @aminahyasin1979
      @aminahyasin1979 4 роки тому +1

      @@EnglishLikeANative She really was 😅😅

  • @abdelhakhope9605
    @abdelhakhope9605 7 років тому

    I love this video it was interesting

  • @kolarz85
    @kolarz85 5 років тому +1

    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
    @elijahmclaughlin-prosser9002 7 років тому +16

    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
      @Crimethoughtfull 6 років тому

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

    • @izzyGO52
      @izzyGO52 5 років тому

      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
      @jameshumphreys9715 4 роки тому

      @@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

  • @pkaur3029
    @pkaur3029 5 років тому +12

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

  • @cultureclique2173
    @cultureclique2173 4 роки тому

    loved it.

  • @amirhussain1449
    @amirhussain1449 5 років тому

    Really nice

  • @lizardas
    @lizardas 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @blazeelvirafirehoof7844
    @blazeelvirafirehoof7844 2 роки тому

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

  • @thomassimmons1950
    @thomassimmons1950 4 роки тому +8

    This young lady is absolutely adorable..!

  • @sebastianalegria3401
    @sebastianalegria3401 7 років тому +1

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

  • @DailyLifeWoongDang
    @DailyLifeWoongDang 5 років тому

    Really nice ~

  • @nizar.lmwswy
    @nizar.lmwswy 5 років тому

    Thanks 🌷

  • @dixgun
    @dixgun 5 років тому +3

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

  • @whitelivesmattermore9597
    @whitelivesmattermore9597 5 років тому +4

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

  • @deletebilderberg
    @deletebilderberg 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @venkataramanan2381
    @venkataramanan2381 3 роки тому

    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

  • @nikbrickkbsgaming4117
    @nikbrickkbsgaming4117 4 роки тому

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

  • @johnmcgahern3946
    @johnmcgahern3946 5 років тому +15

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

    • @guitarguru.3572
      @guitarguru.3572 4 роки тому +3

      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
      @tellyknessis6229 2 роки тому

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

  • @chrinamint
    @chrinamint 6 років тому +4

    You're havin' a giraffe!

  • @thagirion9761
    @thagirion9761 3 роки тому

    She can teach me English all day.

  • @saeedbaloch2393
    @saeedbaloch2393 7 років тому +1

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

    • @EnglishLikeANative
      @EnglishLikeANative  7 років тому

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

  • @colleentrodge1968
    @colleentrodge1968 5 років тому +20

    You two are high af and so am I

  • @brucewayne1894
    @brucewayne1894 4 роки тому +1

    Waiting for part 2....

  • @nayaramirez1970
    @nayaramirez1970 Рік тому

    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
    @fanofmanythings7717 5 років тому

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

    • @EnglishLikeANative
      @EnglishLikeANative  5 років тому

      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.

  • @briggs5569
    @briggs5569 2 роки тому

    "Country and western" is my favorite

  • @lowemajor1836
    @lowemajor1836 4 роки тому +6

    I love cockney rhyming slang😂😂

  • @zulkiflijamil4033
    @zulkiflijamil4033 4 роки тому

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

  • @maciejolczyk
    @maciejolczyk 5 років тому +1

    Encore! More! More!

  • @davidmurra6566
    @davidmurra6566 2 роки тому +8

    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
      @benheideveld4617 Рік тому +2

      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…

  • @nickmacdonald9535
    @nickmacdonald9535 2 роки тому

    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
    @twistedlogic4742 4 роки тому +12

    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!!

  • @angrysquirrel187
    @angrysquirrel187 9 місяців тому

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

  • @chloe-louisehutchins6571
    @chloe-louisehutchins6571 3 роки тому +3

    Who else just loves this?

  • @ariannam.9360
    @ariannam.9360 5 років тому

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

  • @gustavmattsson6291
    @gustavmattsson6291 6 років тому +2

    FAN SÅ GIDD!

  • @loriyagami4121
    @loriyagami4121 3 роки тому

    i love that badass voice

  • @sirajibrahim6039
    @sirajibrahim6039 7 років тому

    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
    @DidrickNamtvedt 7 років тому +34

    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
      @Ross.Cavendish 7 років тому +14

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

    • @DidrickNamtvedt
      @DidrickNamtvedt 7 років тому +1

      Ah ok, I see :)

    • @zebbedi
      @zebbedi 7 років тому +4

      I used to skive off from school.

    • @jamesgriffiths8835
      @jamesgriffiths8835 6 років тому +4

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

    • @eoghan-uk9yi
      @eoghan-uk9yi 6 років тому

      Didrick Namtvedt how old are you?

  • @marksman1416
    @marksman1416 3 роки тому

    I learned Barney Rubble from Ocean's 11.

  • @mattydatboi
    @mattydatboi 2 роки тому

    This is mad funny

  • @jmcosmos
    @jmcosmos 6 років тому +1

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

  • @zman92630
    @zman92630 3 роки тому

    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"?

  • @bilalahmad773
    @bilalahmad773 7 років тому

    i like your video i learn many thing

  • @mousamuneebexplorer
    @mousamuneebexplorer 2 роки тому

    Great 👍

  • @Lieutenant_Dude
    @Lieutenant_Dude 5 років тому

    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
      @crypandora66 4 роки тому

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

  • @Romans8-9
    @Romans8-9 5 років тому

    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.

  • @mahmoudnaser7556
    @mahmoudnaser7556 7 років тому

    It's really difficult but I like it

  • @anivin7726
    @anivin7726 5 років тому

    "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
      @blackopsguy1023 5 років тому

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

  • @OfficialFinalGirl
    @OfficialFinalGirl Рік тому

    My favorite one is raspberry ripple from Legend lol

  • @mceleneyy
    @mceleneyy 4 роки тому +16

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

  • @khasab6124
    @khasab6124 4 роки тому +3

    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
      @terrihaydon5757 3 роки тому

      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

  • @mareksmezalis5960
    @mareksmezalis5960 7 років тому

    This lady is lovely! Cool video.

  • @user-cw5jl5zx5h
    @user-cw5jl5zx5h 2 місяці тому

    We use a lot of these phases in Australia 😂

  • @killerjack3737
    @killerjack3737 3 роки тому

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

  • @eyelight3056
    @eyelight3056 6 років тому +3

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

    • @terrihaydon5757
      @terrihaydon5757 3 роки тому

      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
    @dedymartana7106 6 років тому +2

    Confusing.. but interesting

  • @adultButterfly88
    @adultButterfly88 5 років тому +13

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

  • @blueturtle3623
    @blueturtle3623 2 роки тому

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

  • @jeylful
    @jeylful 4 роки тому

    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...

  • @Travelogues_Arunava
    @Travelogues_Arunava 4 роки тому

    I got everything stored in uncle ned (Head)😊

  • @john.andrew.brighton
    @john.andrew.brighton 2 роки тому

    3:30 I heard this on another English UA-cam channel called Simple English Videos, and she said “You can have a butcher’s if you want.” 😂