QI | Stephen Fry's Middle-Class Rhyming Slang
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2019
- Follow QI on Twitter ▶ / qikipedia
Follow QI on Facebook ▶ / officialqi
Follow QI on Instagram ▶ / theqielves
Subscribe on TH-cam ▶ / theqielves
For more visit ▶ qi.com
This clip is from QI Series C, Episode 6, 'Cockneys' with Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus and Rory McGrath. - บันเทิง
![พบรัก - INK WARUNTORN [Official MV]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n2wjOYVC38Y/mqdefault.jpg)
I like it when Stephen is genuinely laughing at something.
I'm not a native english speaker, so the whole video feels like I'm having a stroke
As a native English speaker I have to say I share the same feeling
I am a native English speaker and let me tell you I thought for sure I was having a stroke
I’m not just a native English speaker but I’m also English and I’ve never understood Cockney rhyming slang. Someone would say something to me and it takes me ages to decipher it.
I belive that is how cockney rhyming slang started.
lol
Hearing cockney slang in Stephen Fry's voice requires a decompression chamber. I swear I popped an eardrum hearing that.
"Unless you know someone named Mavis"
Bob Mortimers pet owl
muskatDR More like Bob Mortimer’s lump of meat & feathers
@@lawrencecalablaster568 Thats no way to speak of a very sick owl!
Ah, I see you watch the hit show _Would I Porky Pie to You._
Every single time anyone has ever brought up rhyming slang, it's seemed less like something that's real, and more like something people would try to convince each other is real.
It has to be the native language of the drop bears
There’s always a load of nonsense, but some have entered common usage.
“scarper” (run away) is from rhyming slang, as is “telling porkies” (lying).
One I'd heard for years without realising it was rhyming slang was "on your Tod" meaning alone, turns out it was named after an American jockey, Tod Sloane who raced in Britain in the 1930s.
Alan thought he was having a stroke for a second there.
For us non-brits, the feeling lasted 2 minutes 39 seconds.
For anyone that doesn't know, "woman who does" is what posh people call their cleaner. Also, in the UK "middle class" tends to describe what in the US would probably be called "upper middle class". Britsplaining break over.
Id say middle class might have a more positive connotation in the UK but they both literally describe the same thing, people who are neither working class nor upper class/landed/elites/the 1%.
@@OtterSC2 I'd thinking that "White Collar" is nowdays too often accompanied with "Crime", but would that work too or are white-collar workers somewhere between upper middle-class and lower portion of upper-class?
all those middle class americans could all be upper middle class if it werent for their half a million student loan debt their 12 credit cards and the insane amounts of money they spend at subway.
all those middle class americans could all be upper middle class if it werent for their half a million student loan debt their 12 credit cards and the insane amounts of money they spend at subway.
I don't know about all that, I think the original commentator has it right.
I think, basically, very few people in the US call themselves working class. If you've got any kind of basically secure work and a stable income, in america, you're "middle class"; whereas in Britain I feel like you have to be pretty wealthy before people start to be seen as "middle class", otherwise you're just working class but doing alright for yourself.
I know people who own their own small businesses but who everyone would say is working class.
But also, becoming middle class in america is a social achievement, whereas in the UK being seen as middle class is usually a bit embarrassing.
Middle class has associations with being pretentious, badly trying to imitate the upper class, being out of touch, obsessed with image etc.
im not a native english speaker but i usually consider my level quite advanced. but when it comes to rhyming slang i am bloody screwed
Ah the famous Westminster Rhyming Slang!
Orphan Spare = Dolphin Square
They say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is...
Whadda they say - whadda they say...?
@@adamgill He's going to say! He's going to say!
oh really? is that what they say? What Evah...\w/ after all that Alan's whatevah was the cherry on the sundae
Bloody hell, Stephen. This better be good!
@@manwiththebeak hes gonna sayyyy!
Hes going to saaaaaayyyyy
🎶Whaaat dooo theyyy saaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy🎶
Need more of bill on future series
Bill Bailey has appeared more than anyone else as a guest and I hope it continues, he is the best guest ever imo.
@@justvin7214 I think Phill Jupitus has actually been on more than Bill Bailey has.
@@jedisalsohere Not at the time I made the comment
Oh I thought you were doing rhyming slang and I was trying to figure it out
Literally just watched this on the dvd. Still not sure what the heck he was on about. But that's ok. I'm sure it made perfect sense. To somebody.
Cockney Rhyming Slang. 19th century way of speaking in code so police wouldn't know what criminals were talking about. Usually 2 words, the 2nd of which rhymes with the desired word, then just to confuse people even more so only people in the know understand what they're talking about, just the first word gets used. Stella (Artois) is Nelson Mandela, but instead saying I'll have a pint of Mandela or Nelson Mandela they say I'll have a pint of Nelson.
www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang
@@chrisdavies5935 Iay referpay igpay atinlay.
@@chrisdavies5935 neat! I never realized the origin
First time McGrath ever made me laugh tbh.
"And he shat on a turtle!"
love this show. both Fry and Sandi
"It's gone a bit Bill Bailey..." and Stephen Fry.
Yep but Stephen???
@@elaineb7065 "Stephen ???"?
@@andymcl92 Stephen Fry - why
@@elaineb7065 Ah sorry, why Fry? Dry.
@@andymcl92 Sly
I almost forgot to watch this today
Have you ever noticed that Phill Jupitus looks like a chubby George Michael
thats just a careless whisper
There's a lot of rhyming slang in Australian English too
Same reaction as Alan here
Allan Davids, Navies?
Alan Davies = rental car
How Americans think British people talk all the time.
I think Phil's lost some weight since the golden olden days
@Brad AmeerBeg Good for him. He's ageing very well.
Nothing like a bit of what and why on a Friday night.
I feel like I don't even know how to speak English anymore. What the bloody hell was that all about
Americans be like: u wot m8
Rory 😐😐
Do not rate him
Dead air.
What about him?
Barney I thought meant Trouble. Can it have multiple meanings?
Yeah as in Barney Rubble from the Flintstones
Barney Rubble= trouble
Jus going for a Johnny cash
does anyone understand what they're talking about at all? haha, i love these videos but so often am completely dumbfounded with what's actually being said
@@shurdi3 ...*splortch* oh there goes my brain again.
@@kilroy987 Basically, imagine that the planet was taken over by aliens with translation software, so that they can understand what you are saying. In order to fool them, while still being understood by the resistance, you'd need a form of slang based on cultural expressions and rhymes, neither of which work with translation software. For example, if I say I've got three *typewriters* with their *ladies* ready, it doesn't mean much to the aliens, who don't know that "typerwriter" rhymes with fighter, and the Lady of Bristol rhymes with pistol.
On the other hand, if you're in Chicago then typewriter means sub-machinegun, because a trained typist on a typewriter sort sounds like a burst of fire from the Thomson SMG. Also, lady means prostitute. Same concept, but it's just a shared cultural reference instead of being based on rhyme.
@@shurdi3 CRS is like Suomi Finnish, you have to be born into it to understand and speak it. or study very hard to learn it. good luck on ya
@@RIXRADvidz It's like Finnish Finnish? Suomi just means Finnish
@@shurdi3 Actually, it's Berkshire Hunt, even though Berkshire is pronounced Barksher.
'Barney Rubble' is Cockney for 'trouble' not 'double'.
What?
On behalf of non-native english speakers, huh?
I've never been more confused in my life.
They are speaking in "cockney rhyming slang" in days gone by the people of East London would use C.R.S. to hide what they were saying from the police (if one was a wrong 'un),a few examples below
Apples and pears = stairs
Me old China meaning mate, China plate = mate
Plates of meat = feet
Cuppa rosy, rosy lee= tea
Barnet = hair, Barnet fair = hair
Two bob bits = the shits
Can't think of any more I live in the north east of England 100s of miles from London,the ones I gave you are the few I know
Stay happy and healthy.
@@bobbierocksbuster5584 I suppose I get it now, thanks. Still kinda confusing slang though :p
@@paddotk glad I could (sorta) puppies yelp (help)btw I just made that one up 😁
@@bobbierocksbuster5584 Tanning hacks (thanks)
@@paddotk nearly there haha
Another fine example: th-cam.com/video/hWUaT5ovZ50/w-d-xo.htmlm49s
I have no idea what happened in this video
Phil lost a lot of weight! Good for you brother
Cockney slang is still a complete mystery to me.
For those Americans watching, as a Brit, I'm just as confused as you are! Tip hip horray!
As an American... what the actual fu*k‽
If you have twins you have two Alan Davies!
Ok, listen, I know it's bad, but it's something...
I like that!
They must simply learn to speak English.
Blue = sad hue
Whale = ancient mariner's tale
So a Blue Whale is a Sad Ancient Mariner? Makes sense. Get on it, Alan!
stephen is great, mrs penfold not so much
your alan davies has gone a bit bill bailey? eew. get THAT looked at.
There's a fair bit of faux rhyming slang being made up lately. Middle class or otherwise.
Isn't all rhyming slang made up, though?
@@WeddingVegetables Yes, made up at some point but I specified "faux" to indicate stuff that true Cockneys never used traditionally.
People are just making up fresh stuff by following the structure of the idea. I mean I'm not saying it's got to be a closed off lexicon but it needs to be Cockney if it's Cockney Rhyming Slang.
For instance, I could make up some stuff and say it with a fake Jamaican or Aussie accent and try and convince people it's Jamaican or Aussie Slang as the case might be, but it's still just rubbish I made up that nobody agrees with.
In essence, that's what Alan and the panel did here was call BS on the dodgy "Middle Class" i.e. NOT Cockney slang.
@@puirYorick I see what you mean (I think. It's 4.15 am here and I REALLY need to get some sleep.) and I agree. Cheers!
Ironic that British people's version of English is nearly indecipherable nowadays.
Reality check: what Stephen was saying in that clip is not *real* British slang.
Alright fat yank
Too short!!!
Instead of “woman who does” Stephen could’ve said Aldrin for buzz lol
That would be word association or substitution, not rhyming slang.
There's having a Barclay's (Bank)
Something better done in private 😀
@@Fcutdlady Unless it's over a girl's Bristols.
@@justvin7214 you could also have a sherman instead of a barclays!
@@Fcutdlady Haha barclays didn't ring any bells and I was trying to think what was said in my day and that was it, having a sherman.
@@justvin7214 glad to be of service. I'm irish living in Dublin so. I don't know every bit of rhyming slang but I've always loved slang langugaes like rhyming slang and polari so I try avd learn about them.
Rory McGrath really is a massive fox hunt, isn't he?
How so
What in God's name are they saying?!
😂
theyve all gone radio rental
Sounds like the made up language you’d make as a child
And your point is?
You mean like "Cushin"?
Cushon!!
Ishk abshkolushky lovsk thisk commenshk
Is it written in law that the person in charge of this programme has to be a homosexualist
Well this is extremely confusing, to me they are all having strokes and talking nonsense
If stroking and talking nonsense isn't your thing you should not attend the annual James Joyce circle jerk, aka Finnegan's wank.
@@ratholin OUCH!! that Hurt!!! I can't Laugh That Hard!! Ouch! LOL!!
is this a joke i'm too northern to understand
Thrush - quite appropriate for Alan, since he’s an irritating front bottom.
Uhhhmmwhuut
Eh... What?
Cockney is so childish.