Threadless T-Shirts - Cockney Rhyming Slang

Cockney Rhyming Slang - A Beginner's Guide

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steven218
on Aug 09 '07

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pinksurfboard on Aug 09 '07

cockney is a highly underused and unappreciated form of communication.
this shirt rocks.

catt_231 on Aug 09 '07

I hope folks outside the UK get this! it's cool :D

Alexandra Marie on Aug 09 '07

I honestly don't get this.

wullagaru on Aug 09 '07

this is great i do also hope that more americans /non UKers will get it

Krakaboom on Aug 09 '07

Alexandra Marie: These arejust some terms popularly used by the Cockneys in England. So 'apples and pears' means stairs, so someone might say "We'll just take the apples and pears to the second floor."

Hurray Beer on Aug 09 '07

Guess what Hero ryhmes with!

kihou on Aug 09 '07

Robert DeNiro?

hforhello on Aug 09 '07

I like the idea but the design is a bit on the messy side.

mhonea on Aug 09 '07

i am intrigued by this, but really just don't understand...

TONICACAT on Aug 09 '07

I love the idea! You can get a good list of slang on the Lock Stock DVD.

Aprilmayjune on Aug 09 '07

i dont get it... D: but it does look interesting. :)

da Face on Aug 09 '07

This is great. $5

Spam69 on Aug 09 '07

Ok, I love that people don't get this and lets face it why should they. Cockney rhyming slang originated in London as a way of talking in code so that coppers ( police ) wouldn't know what you were talking about. Some of it is now part of the English language ( in the U.K ) as a whole eg. Telling a porkie = pork pie = lie. Other slang is more centred around just London and changes all the time. Some of it I think is great but alot of it is just an affectation ( why say Current Bun when you can say the word sun which is much shorter ? ) As for the T - good concept but could have been done better.

Atrix on Aug 09 '07

I would totally wear this, my friends are always making fun of me for using English words/phrases that they don't understand.

And cockney slang makes me happy. $5.

PBmeetsJ on Aug 09 '07

yay for cockney slang! :)
but i don't like the shirt so much.

mj00 on Aug 09 '07

I looove cockney rhyming slang, but to me it's not a great fit for the shirt medium.

d3d on Aug 09 '07

lol. awesome.

livodl on Aug 09 '07

So, they replace a word that's rhymes with the word they actually mean? And the person that they're talking to will get it because it's in context?

For example:

Non-cockney: Let' take the train to the park.

Cockney: Let's take the horse's mane to the park.

If I understand this correctly, it sounds super fantastic.

Mr Rocks on Aug 10 '07

I took a butchers at this, and knew there'd be Barny Rubble. If I wasn't Hank Marvin for a Ruby Murray in my Darby, I'd wip off me syrup and let this sweaty know this design is the muts nuts.

Not bad for a kiwi huh Steve? $5

sellwowgold on Aug 10 '07

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jpiatt on Aug 10 '07

This is mirrored as smell.

phones on Aug 10 '07

i'm a low down dirty dog. grrrrrrr

loserbeech on Aug 10 '07

I'd love to give you a Godiva for it, but you missed my favourite one out.

Tonteau on Aug 10 '07

It would be "I'd love to give you a lady"

You're not supposed to say the word that rhymes.

(matthijs) on Aug 10 '07

makes a great tee

TatteredToo on Aug 11 '07

I'm in the US and not as cultured as others in the linguistics of other countries, especially not France, but I love this. The scratchy, 'messy' look that others describe really clashes well with the green shirt, and I got the concept right away even though I'd never heard of Gockney before. Indeed, perfect for beginners. :) I love it.

UpsAndDowns on Aug 11 '07

This is cool, I'm just to lame and American to have understood it without all the explanation comments. Also, I'm starting to get annoyed with the SellWowGold.

UpsAndDowns on Aug 11 '07

*TOO lame and American. See what I mean? Haha.

funkyfuel on Aug 11 '07

Britneys = Beers (spears)

funkyfuel on Aug 11 '07

Britneys = Beers (spears)

Icky Thump on Aug 12 '07

WHAT????????!!!!!!!!!!! 5

steven218 on Aug 13 '07

cheers for the comments so far ppl, but it looks like this one is heading down the gary glitter… ;)

invernokl on Aug 13 '07

not bad mate

Tess Fondie on Aug 13 '07

lol i only knew porkypie- well it says prok pie but thats the way my boyfriends family says it, i hope this wins- 5$

chittytayBANG on Aug 13 '07

call me american..
I don't get it..

loserbeech on Aug 13 '07

'Tonteau on Aug 10 '07
It would be "I'd love to give you a lady"

You're not supposed to say the word that rhymes.'

They're American and they probably don't know what a 'fiver' is, either. Come on, give them a break.

ctiller on Aug 13 '07

American... no clue....

weirdpoopoobaby on Aug 13 '07

I'm liking it. But if it doesn't get up then I'm sure there's a design lurking about involving the gary glitter...

freshview on Aug 13 '07

I love that people are using the American card to cover for ignorance. Cockney slang is SUPER popular, it's in all kinds of shows and movies... how have you people never heard of this?

angelune on Aug 14 '07

i needed this! i can never remember any cockney except Dog-and-bone and dame-judi-dench.

angelune on Aug 14 '07

oh but also i'd like it in a diff't color. maybe brown?

Krakaboom on Aug 14 '07

Is 'Gary Glitter' supposed to be 'shitter'? Because that's just gross - and yet strangely appropriate.

Alex9651899 on Aug 14 '07

i like it.

steven218 on Aug 14 '07

haha, yeah that's what gary glitter means :)

RaveDave on Aug 15 '07

Some cockney rhyming slang is gloriously convoluted - my favourite is the slang for anti-american sentiment: Listerine

comes from anti-septic (septic tank being slang for Yank)

3

escort2 on Aug 15 '07

this doesn't make sence.

i like that!!!!!!!

canadianbeaver on Aug 15 '07

How can you not understand after so many explanations? And WTF is all that advertising linkage up there???? Get a cannon and BOMB that guy!

deboraborialis on Aug 15 '07

I love it! It'll look good on my thrupennys!

Thrupenny bits=tits

deboraborialis on Aug 15 '07

Since so many Americans don't get it, it may not get the score it deserves.

i carnt spel on Aug 15 '07

nice...

deboraborialis on Aug 15 '07

check out the tom on that richard.

deboraborialis on Aug 15 '07

^check out the jewellery on that woman
(tom foolery=jewellery
Richard III=bird=woman)

karma666 on Aug 16 '07

i don't understand how people aren't "getting it" when the shirt itself is an introduction to the concept.
p.s. i'm totally septic

15 days later

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