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#140: Cockney Rhyming Slang

2021/3/11
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It's a dialect from a small area of London's that might sound impossible to understand.

In this episode, you'll learn what "apple and pears" means, what you should do if a friend asks if you want to go to the "battle", and who your "trouble and strife" might be...

  • Example clip of Cockney Rhyming Slang
  • How Cockney Rhyming Slang is formed
  • Funny connections between Cockney Rhyming Slang and the meaning of words
  • Why does Cockney Rhyming Slang exist?
  • Theories about how Cockney Rhyming Slang was created
  • Is Cockney Rhyming Slang useful?
  • Cockney Rhyming Slang in pop-culture
  • Similarities with Verlan in French
  • Why you should learn some Cockney Rhyming Slang (even if it isn't useful at all)

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/cockney-rhyming-slang)


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