Cockney Rhyming Slang with my Gran | British Slang Lesson

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
  • If Cockney Rhyming slang has you scratching your head with confusing then this lesson is really going to help you understand and even speak Cockney Slang! In this lesson, with the help of my grandmother, I teach you 20 Cockney Rhyming Slang Expressions.
    Learn more about us here : ⚡️ 🇬🇧 www.loveenglish.co.uk 🇬🇧⚡️ or for PRONUNCIATION LESSONS email
    hello@britishaccentcoaching.co.uk
    FREE DOWNLOADABLE MODERN RP AUDIOS HERE:
    www.britishaccentcoaching.co....
    I (Sabrah) am an accent coach and if you wish to learn this accent or work on your voice then you can find out more here:
    ❤️🇬🇧 www.britishaccentcoaching.co.uk/ ❤️🇬🇧
    hello@britishaccentcoaching.co.uk
    You can get FREE DOWNLOADABLE SSB audio materials here :
    www.britishaccentcoaching.co....
    Do you ever get confused when having a conversation with a native English speaker?
    Well, these natural and very common British expressions will have you understanding and sounding like a native English speaker in no time!
    ⚡️BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE AVAILABLE HERE ⚡️:
    the-love-english-academy.teac...
    Subscribe: bit.ly/2JI8R5K | 🔔Make sure to enable ALL push notifications!🔔
    Watch more Love English with Leila & Sabrah:
    Vocabulary: bit.ly/2JIeqBa
    English Grammar Lessons: bit.ly/2SOq3uw
    Learn Phrasal Verbs: bit.ly/2qrR6Pu
    Newest Uploads: bit.ly/2qA4EIV
    Popular Videos: bit.ly/2QsnqNv
    Follow Love English with Leila & Sabrah:
    Facebook: / loveenglishwithleilaan...
    Instagram: / loveenglish.uk
    Twitter: / loveenglishuk
    If you want to contribute subtitles in YOUR language then click the link and be part of the Love English Community!
    th-cam.com/users/timedtext_cs_p...
    THANK YOU!
    BEST BOOKS FOR SELF-STUDY
    Best for Advanced Grammar: amzn.to/2WOlbqm
    Best for Int/Upper Intermediate Grammar: Murphy’s Grammar in Use - amzn.to/31HBid0
    Best for Elementary/Pre-intermediate Grammar: amzn.to/31FsOD2
    Best for Learning Vocabulary: amzn.to/31GU18v
    Best for Academic Vocabulary: amzn.to/31E1LrH
    Best for PHRASAL VERBS: amzn.to/2KYlOLw
    Best for English IDIOMS: amzn.to/2Iq53Hz
    Best for Advanced English Pronunciation: amzn.to/31HDa5w
    Best for Intermediate English Pronunciation: amzn.to/2XoFZc4
    Best for Business Vocabulary: amzn.to/2XWJFii
    Best for IETLS Preparation: amzn.to/2Fjzi0N

ความคิดเห็น • 537

  • @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah
    @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Hope you enjoyed this lesson! Isn't my nan great??!!!

    • @pikordinho.o2
      @pikordinho.o2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She is an angel❤❤❤

    • @cyclistRM2024
      @cyclistRM2024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She is really desirable 😚

    • @mamymimma
      @mamymimma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She's lovely 😍

    • @rezza2507
      @rezza2507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'll say. We really enjoyed watching this lesson. ××
      I fancy learning the cockney rhyming slang.😍😍
      The material was so attractive. Your nan is great.
      She's clever, interactive, and awesome as well! 😍

    • @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah
      @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She is! She’s actually even more funny in real life! 😊💕

  • @justinsider4403
    @justinsider4403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I',m an American that grew up in London, with English dad. We had a proper cockney fella living next door. Funniest guy ever. Had nicknames for everyone in the neighborhood. I was Sean the Prawn. I have lived in the US since 1993 but we still use cockney slang once in awhile. funny stuff. Great video.

    • @jimmorrison3035
      @jimmorrison3035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Funny eh the things watching this brings back in Belfast we give people nicknames as well . Was on vacation once and having an eating disorder i was concerned about getting sick. I knew eggs beacon were ok so that’s what I had at breakfast as well as a second plate of beacon. The first day my wife and I gave people nicknames, John Travolta , little and large, Day tripper , and so on . Next morning I met people originally from Belfast who are friends 20 years later here in Canada, at breakfast I got my eggs and beacon his wife said to him isn’t he the guy we saw yesterday at breakfast with all the beacon ? He said yeah we called you heart attack on a plate. 😂😂😂.

    • @DeirdreCatherineDoyle
      @DeirdreCatherineDoyle ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my son is sean ... would not rhyme with prawn though on reflection BEST RHYMING!

    • @grinchoi1
      @grinchoi1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i love Cockney Rhyming slang. me and my homeboys would use a hip hop cockney rhyming slang hybrid

    • @blade_warrior_blue
      @blade_warrior_blue หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow I can relate. I'm an American who also grew up in London. Although I've been back in the states since 2006. When I first came back to America no one could even understand me anymore. The cockney accent was prevelant among the working class accent but my generation was chavs and road men, the black kids and white kids on my estate had this mashup of cockney slang and Jamaican street slang. Im originally from Brooklyn which is a strong accent to begin with so picking up that accent and not fully losing my New York accent mixed with cockney slang and sounding even more British when I'm angry made me sound foreign to everyone.

  • @goldensquirel
    @goldensquirel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Bringing your grandma will just make this lesson extremely special. xxxx

  • @lamoinette23
    @lamoinette23 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I knew many of these, though guessed a few.. love learning new phrases. Your Nan is adorable and lovely so lucky to have her.

  • @AngelaEscritora
    @AngelaEscritora 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Loved it! And Granny follows your words with the lips!

    • @mrd3016
      @mrd3016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think Nan may be a bit hard of hearing so she is kinda reading lips a little. Cute innit?

    • @Shels_pwnz
      @Shels_pwnz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had to come to the comments to make sure I wasn't loosing my mind lol. She was almost mouthing the words before they were even said!

  • @lmb3678
    @lmb3678 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am a country bumpkin from Bama. And because of some of my favorite shows like "Call the Midwife, Father Brown, Sister Boniface, Poirot and a couple of others" I have fell in love with the Cockney slang language. Very fascinating.

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This lesson was really interesting and fun.
    I really really really enjoyed watching this.
    It turns out there are so many many many
    Cockney rhyming slang words and phrases.
    I have just learnt them all from this video.
    Afterwards, I also learnt the others such as
    * Apples and pears = stairs.
    * Bob Hope = soap.
    * Duke of Kent = rent.
    * Laugh and a joke = smoke.
    * Fireman's hose = nose.
    * Jam jar = car.
    * Loop-the-loop = soup.
    * Sausage roll = goal.
    * Skin and blister = sister.
    * Tables and chairs = stairs.
    And there are still many more.
    Thus, both apples and pears have quite
    similar meaning with tables and chairs:
    They mean "stairs" in Cockney rhyming
    slang words and phrases. Unbelieveable!

    • @jhonadam1420
      @jhonadam1420 ปีที่แล้ว

      When bruce woodcock whent up in the world he changed his name to oakhaton

  • @Americathebeautiful49
    @Americathebeautiful49 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your Nan. She’s a proper sort. I’m I correct in assuming that a lot of Eastenders migrated to Essex with all the redevelopment of that part of London. I lived and worked in London in the 70’s and had a few friends whose families were “Bow Bells” Londoners and they loved to try and trip this Yank up with various cockney slang. Great people. Salt of the earth.

  • @Freshfish111
    @Freshfish111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nan is adorable! I love that she was mouthing every word you were saying. Yes! We want more.

  • @vanessadimarco158
    @vanessadimarco158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a peculiar way to speak! Very fun. Thanks to you Nan!

    • @zonabrown9241
      @zonabrown9241 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its not peculiar

    • @FSAPOJake
      @FSAPOJake 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@zonabrown9241It was designed to be in the first place.

  • @peglegtucson
    @peglegtucson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My mom used to say “Won’t be seen on a trotting’ horse”. It meant that it won’t be noticed. She also used to say, “I’m sweating like a butcher”. So funny! She was an American (she’s passed away). Another one was, “I’m Tired and feathered”. I use these sayings sometimes. It makes me “special”. Thank you, Nan.

  • @supersonicsid5930
    @supersonicsid5930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always used the wording as trouble and strife as wife , never heard of a storm and strife .

  • @mariacarvalho9539
    @mariacarvalho9539 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved it!! Thank you so much for doing this. Your nan is beautiful and just add character to the lesson. Bless her heart and you ❤

  • @jonlilley9161
    @jonlilley9161 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Even though my grandparents were from England, I learned rhyming slang from an Aussie friend that used it all the time. His favorite was, "I nearly fell on my Cayber (Pass - ass)!" The list was endless, but what a hoot!

    • @auldfouter8661
      @auldfouter8661 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      = Kyber Pass between Afghanistan and India ( now Pakistan ).

    • @paulelmes
      @paulelmes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      KHYBER sir ! Isn't a caber a tree trunk that Scots toss about to advertise porridge?

  • @tracydodson9997
    @tracydodson9997 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your Nan is lovely how wonderful of you to share such love and amazing information ❤

  • @fabriziodesimone2439
    @fabriziodesimone2439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your nan is a precious diamond...adorable! And the answer to your question is...yes, she shoudda be paid, but not with money...only love, kisses and affection! Merry Christmas, Leila!

  • @pliniolimajunior5185
    @pliniolimajunior5185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video.
    Your Grand Mother is absolutly lovely!

    • @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah
      @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! I love her heaps! She’s even more funny in real life! 😂👍💕

  • @lindanoble6727
    @lindanoble6727 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I grew up in London,didnt use cockney but learned some if it from friends.Have taught a few to my iwn family I live in America and English confuses them sometimes.
    😮😅😂

  • @liyaandinnamay2501
    @liyaandinnamay2501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow, funny and jolly great lesson! Leila, you and your Nan look so sweet together! It's obvious that you're very close and you get on REALLY well.👍🤗😍We wish you both all the best!
    Catch you in another lesson!
    Bye-bye!👋💗❤️💛

  • @Maria-kd7lf
    @Maria-kd7lf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is so tender! Love it!

  • @batoolosama8790
    @batoolosama8790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Waiting eagerly for part two!
    ♥️

  • @lowesonia8551
    @lowesonia8551 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your Grandmother is Charming. I wish her good health.

  • @scotternster641
    @scotternster641 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for all of your lessons in life. I grew up in the south and we have our own slang that we use too

  • @maniegacarmen
    @maniegacarmen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely granny!!!!!! I love this lesson!!!!

  • @fernandoguizagamboa2447
    @fernandoguizagamboa2447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for your video, I loved this video, it was great thank you for introduce your grandmother she is very lovely.🤗😉

  • @manjirabanerjee7169
    @manjirabanerjee7169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A big HELLO for your NAN...she is very pretty .Merry Christmas to her in advance.

  • @stephaniesteoberl4342
    @stephaniesteoberl4342 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your Nan. She is great. I knew many of these and guessed a few. I am from Boston, Massachusetts and have no idea where I learned the Cockeysville slang that I know, but here are two of my favorites: bottles and stoppers = coppers and the lady from Bristol = pistol. Really enjoyed this video.

  • @alnasani3792
    @alnasani3792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great lesson. Love it.

  • @bvrunowerneck1234
    @bvrunowerneck1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great story, what a lovely nan.

  • @shuyviu
    @shuyviu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had a smile on my face the whole time. ❤ I love those things (I'm native French and English bilingual)

  • @vanessadimarco158
    @vanessadimarco158 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely class. Great Nan! I would love to see the modern version too.

  • @andreagiraldomdphd.8376
    @andreagiraldomdphd.8376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's been a splendid lesson. Your Gran is a perfect 10. A

  • @eyeseeyou247
    @eyeseeyou247 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Please do more I love it!!!

  • @0T2379
    @0T2379 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    With the majority of convicts from the East end transported to New South Wales, cockney is the mother of the Australian accent. We still use rhyming slang here, although not as much.

  • @campdav2000
    @campdav2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Priceless THANK U!!!

  • @LyashenkoSergiy
    @LyashenkoSergiy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great lesson!

  • @jeffreyjhouser
    @jeffreyjhouser 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How fun! Brilliant video!

  • @gavinberry1796
    @gavinberry1796 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I was born and grew up in Rhodesia with many (ex WWII) Brits who came out, and we used many of these that I did not know they were cockney rhyming slang until this video! Such as China (China Plate) you will often hear people in this part of Africa talking about "their china" being their mate! OR cup of Rosie (Lea) this is confused because we have a brand called 5 roses and I always thought that the "Rosie" was derived from that! I have also heard Butchers, Loaf (my father would always tell me to use my loaf!) and Meat before!
    Really enjoyed, and I loved your kind nan, give her best wishes from Cape Town - we have a beautiful place, she would fit right in!

  • @stephenbrooks6174
    @stephenbrooks6174 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I worked with a lot of cockney guys and the key to using rhyming slang is: you don't tell people 'I'm going up the apples and pears' you just say 'I'm going up the apples.' And, I'm going to comb my barnet.'

    • @treeskates
      @treeskates 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s how I first heard about it too-just using the first word and not the second rhyming word.

  • @lesleykrickler3674
    @lesleykrickler3674 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    More lessons please! Your "Nan" is lovely 😊

  • @ryanhinz4776
    @ryanhinz4776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lovely lesson-cockney rhyming slag is my favourite thing to learn while living in the UK.

    • @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah
      @LoveEnglishwithLeilaSabrah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well done you for trying to learn this crazy slang! Totally fun though! 😊👍💕

  • @taterebecca1631
    @taterebecca1631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nan is a legend ..total lah di dah 🌟

  • @SeanLawlorNelson
    @SeanLawlorNelson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a delightful language lesson from a very nice British family. Quite a bit of intelligence and substance to absorb rather quickly over a Vera Lynn. I can't thank you enough. Cheerio!

  • @Random_Chiroptera
    @Random_Chiroptera 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fortunately, there is now online translator programs, but i am thankful for this video.
    I tried using one of those translators to convert American English to Cockney, and was terribly confused by phrases that seemed out of place. Now i realize why.

    • @avaggdu1
      @avaggdu1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think the septic's are ready for Brooklyn Rhyming Slang. Maybe you should create it with a more American slant?

  • @vi683
    @vi683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting lesson!
    You are proud of your Nan.

  • @jenski5338
    @jenski5338 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love to your Nan and her great grand kids. ❤

  • @Teresa20230
    @Teresa20230 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quite interesting! Love it!

  • @mustafamahmoud7098
    @mustafamahmoud7098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are awesome ❤️

  • @donjones1979
    @donjones1979 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you! I love learning love learning “local languages “ like this. I have also been learning Hawaiian Pidgin

  • @oksanatymoshenko8770
    @oksanatymoshenko8770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yes, please do a video about the current cockney rhyming slang! I'm very curious about the process how it appears and becomes widely used. When someone comes up with a phrase he doesn't actually know will it become widely used or not, right? interesting and uncontrollable process :)))

  • @ArtByHilary
    @ArtByHilary 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! Well done!

  • @NextApex
    @NextApex 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enjoyed this! A lot of these are familiar to me as my partner is English and her Dad and Nan were from East London, and my Irish parents used similar phrases (e.g. 'Your skin and blister' = your sister). Another English slang phrase I love is 'off to Bedfordshire' or 'up the stairs to Bedfordshire' when going to bed.

  • @imaghrikarima9909
    @imaghrikarima9909 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed this video, thank you guys 😍😍😍🤗🤗🤗

  • @greeneyedggirl
    @greeneyedggirl 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nan is a treasure! Thanks for much!

  • @OTLMIKE
    @OTLMIKE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I heard Wife as Trouble and strife, your nan is precious. great video

  • @gigizack
    @gigizack 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you so much, this is the best video of Cockney slang I watched

  • @HolisticHealth-Tech
    @HolisticHealth-Tech 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it!!

  • @pennyhynson2047
    @pennyhynson2047 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoyed this immensely.
    Especially how Grandmothers lips pantomimed her granddaughters words so WELL.... fun.
    ❤😅❤😅❤😅

  • @salvaaznar1292
    @salvaaznar1292 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely!

  • @adamsfamily3786
    @adamsfamily3786 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing love this cuz, Nan did amazing love you both . Well done 👍

  • @thesloyde817
    @thesloyde817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Happy holidays to everyone. 🎅

  • @cjames1915
    @cjames1915 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant! I have subbed!

  • @jacobalcuadrado5765
    @jacobalcuadrado5765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Leila, for this video, you're so helpful. I wish you and Sabrah a happy Christmas 🔥🔥❤

  • @ebrihamakonteh5018
    @ebrihamakonteh5018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely lesson amazing video Leila

  • @fidelio1566
    @fidelio1566 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    terrific!

  • @ManishSharma-sk2zh
    @ManishSharma-sk2zh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hi Leila,
    Truly amazing lesson with your grandmother. I admire your efforts.
    Some other examples:
    1. Barney - rubble = trouble.
    2. Baked - bean= queen.
    3. Rabbit - pork = talk.
    4. Half - inch = pinch.
    5. Dog - bone = phone.
    Thank you.

  • @drmadjdsadjadi
    @drmadjdsadjadi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You “storm and strife” is definitely your wife, not just in Cockney rhyming slang, but also it is a great definition!

    • @johncecil7196
      @johncecil7196 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      trouble and strife

  • @aparecidoferreiravais321
    @aparecidoferreiravais321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Leila your grandma is a lovely person
    I hope you happy holidays 😉🇧🇷

  • @MudlarksAlmanac
    @MudlarksAlmanac 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My Mum was a proper Cockney, born in. the East End of London. She used some rhyming slang but I think it was my uncles that mostly used it. She left London in her teens, but her accent still came out when she was flustered, or speaking on the telephone. She also had some odd pronunciations - like 'Um-ber-ella' for Umbrella, 'Pudden' for pudding, 'Chimbley' for 'Chimney', and the one that used to have me in hysterics when she said it - Hospital was pronounced 'Horse-piddle.' She never understood why I found that so funny.

    • @avaggdu1
      @avaggdu1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My sister and her husband were from Nottingham but my niece was born 'dahn sarf' and didn't appreciate me laughing when she asked for a "cap of tay".
      Gotta say, an East End accent sounds Australian to my thick Midland ears, which kinda makes sense when you know that a lot of the original Aussie colonists were criminals from London.

  • @SciMajor1
    @SciMajor1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My grandmum was a Cockney although she moved out of the UK when she was very young. Even so, she retained most of her Cockney slang. Fortunately, I've inherited some of her delightful slang.

  • @lindafraser2044
    @lindafraser2044 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I'm Australian and grew up with rhyming slang! My mum is English born and dad's family is mostly British so we had it from both sides!
    I remember everytime we were leaving somewhere dad would say "time to hit the frog and toad"!

    • @secretwatcher9922
      @secretwatcher9922 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most of the words that the English use the Aussies use.

    • @TheByard
      @TheByard 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We used to ave one, maybe free for the frog. that's if the old bill weren't about.

  • @rezza2507
    @rezza2507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'll say. We really enjoyed watching this lesson. ××
    I fancy learning the cockney rhyming slang.😍😍
    The material was so attractive. Your nan is great.
    She's clever, interactive, and awesome as well! 😍

  • @thomasconboy4636
    @thomasconboy4636 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good

  • @sohamroy6810
    @sohamroy6810 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi granny , love ya ... Sorry Leila not for loving you 😂 actually today my whole interest is in our cute granny . You know I don't have my own grandma , she left us the year before I was born , so I didn't even see her but still I love her . I always feel so sad when I see other kids playing with their grandparents . Yeah , I don't have my grandparents in fact . Love ya , and wish you a Merry Christmas and an advanced happy new year . Stay blessed and keep helping us .

  • @holygroove2
    @holygroove2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you say "He took the apples and pears to the dog bone, and then got a cup of rosy?"
    This whole thing is fascinating!

    • @KathrynLiz1
      @KathrynLiz1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      .... take a ball of chalk down the Kermit to the German for a pigs with yer chinas...... rake a walk down the road to the pub for a beer with your mates.

    • @lindanoble6727
      @lindanoble6727 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes

  • @sarfarazsamikhan6367
    @sarfarazsamikhan6367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Always 1st like and first comment from Biryani city Hyderabad India.
    Lots of love from India.❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Triththaus
    @Triththaus หลายเดือนก่อน

    I got some it's be a time since I heard it. thank you lass was lots of fun. you've a new subscriber.

  • @cmopro
    @cmopro ปีที่แล้ว

    Gran was just wonderful...

  • @josephmendoza9920
    @josephmendoza9920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    1. The dog and bone = phone
    2. Mince pies = eyes
    3. Butcher’s hook = look
    4. Two and eight = a state (meaning stressed)
    5. A tea leaf = thief
    6. Porky pies = lies
    7. Storm and strife = wife
    8. Loaf of bread = head
    9. Bottle and glass = ARSE
    10. Plates of meat = feet
    11. Mork and Mindy = Windy
    12. Adam and Eve = Believe
    13. Barney Rubble = Trouble
    14. Brown Bread = Dead
    15. A China Plate = Mate
    16. Dicky Bird = word
    17. Hank Marvin = Starving (very hungry)
    18. (A cup of) Rosy Lea = Tea
    19. Sky Rocket = Pocket
    20. A Vera Lynn = Gin

    • @waynenorris7035
      @waynenorris7035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Its trouble and strife not storm

    • @waynenorris7035
      @waynenorris7035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gin is mothers ruin

    • @SykesAli
      @SykesAli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Trouble and strife = wife
      Vira Lyn = skin (Rizla/cigarette paper)

    • @catmadwoman6317
      @catmadwoman6317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many of the ones you quote, just use the first word. Also two and eight means looking really bad too.

    • @catmadwoman6317
      @catmadwoman6317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@waynenorris7035 Definitely.

  • @Travelogues_Arunava
    @Travelogues_Arunava 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    When I was a kid I used to watch a British sitcom “Mind your language” and in that show there was a guy by the name of Sid who used speak in Cockney and that’s how I came to know this eccentric way of speaking English. Few of the words I learnt as;
    Plates of meet - Feet
    China plate - Mate
    Uncle ned - Head
    Brahms & liszt - Pissed (Drunk)
    Jack the dandy - Brandy
    Really fascinated by this....

  • @imranballo1409
    @imranballo1409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do enjoy your lessons. You have a lovely accent and I like the way you pronounce the words. Please pass our regards to your nan. You have done just great as always :)

  • @onigonzalez5054
    @onigonzalez5054 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @susanblack7782
    @susanblack7782 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’ve wondered about Cockney and how it is spoken. I enjoyed learning! In the movie “Ocean’s Eleven” the Cockney phrase “ In Barney Rubble” was used, by the Brit character, and none of the American characters understood what he meant, lol!

  • @aa-au
    @aa-au 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    "Pass the dead horse" is what my brother-in-law said to me. I had no clue what he was talking about. He grew up with some English background in a country town in Australia. I grew up in a Greek household speaking a lot of Greek. I had never heard of Cockney rhyming slang up to that point. "Pass the tomato sauce" is the translation....

    • @peterwalker5677
      @peterwalker5677 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I guess he wanted it for his maggot bag (meat pie).

    • @toddbrittain1060
      @toddbrittain1060 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@peterwalker5677 or his dog's eye

    • @electricleg207
      @electricleg207 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I've mostly heard "pass the tomato/brown rockin horse"

  • @lkinzey1
    @lkinzey1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your grandmother or nan is very sweet . Please tell her thank you for the Cockney lesson.

  • @thomasconboy4636
    @thomasconboy4636 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job

  • @parveenkumar3208
    @parveenkumar3208 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    mam i salute your hardwork

  • @jenniferbate9682
    @jenniferbate9682 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So am I, a Londoner and proud of it!

  • @bbarott
    @bbarott 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sheesh, who knew? Great stuff!

  • @julideuslu8394
    @julideuslu8394 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet!😍

  • @luistalavera8798
    @luistalavera8798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi!
    Great your grand!!!!

  • @_nada___
    @_nada___ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Laila, you are amazing. I love your channel and I love Sabra. I was touched by this video. I pray to God to grant your grandmother health and open your hearts to Islam. I love you.❤❤

  • @b1gf3lla68
    @b1gf3lla68 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am born in the sound of the bo bells and proud lol can’t beat the old school though give ya nan a cuddle from me darlin she’s lovely bless her 🥰

  • @pelafanouraki6192
    @pelafanouraki6192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is by far the best video! Your nan is splendiferous.In order to show you my love for this video,I posted a story on Instagram.I would be even more grateful if you could repost the story because I tagged you!!!

  • @stephenbrookes7268
    @stephenbrookes7268 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's Trouble and strife for wife, saucepan lids for kids. I used to teach this to my more advanced ESL students. It took a bit of explaining but once they got the hang of it, they were hooked.

  • @sherylcascadden4988
    @sherylcascadden4988 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I came across rhyming slang in a Dick Francis book. Several were mentioned, but now the only one I remember is Nuns, short for nuns and habits meaning rabbits.
    Thank you for expanding my vocabulary.

  • @BenIsOnlyAsking
    @BenIsOnlyAsking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You're grandmother seems to know the script very well XD

    • @tbrown1110
      @tbrown1110 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dick. Nan losing her memory and she’s trying to stay on top by mimicking her grans pace. Mirroring is used to keep the mind moving. Read a book sometime

    • @matthewthechalk
      @matthewthechalk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tbrown1110 Bruh you need to chill

  • @michaelgregory2231
    @michaelgregory2231 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your Nan's brilliant! I'm a Yank but had a British man who managed my band (he was also a founding member of The Shadows that featured Hank Marvin and wrote their first hit song "Move It!"). He once told me "I'll be right back, I'm just goin' up the apple". When he saw the confused look on my face, he explained Cockney rhyming slang to me. Thanks for the fun video!

    • @pamelaannehowell
      @pamelaannehowell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stairs he left off pears😂

  • @taniastrat1032
    @taniastrat1032 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We use rhyming slang in Australia too.
    Joe Blake- snake
    Dogs eye -meat pie
    Dead horse - sauce
    Septic Tank - yank
    Probably others I'm not aware of lol

    • @avaggdu1
      @avaggdu1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A lot of the original 'colonists' were convicts from London, so it's no surprise that rhyming slang flourished (?) in Australia. The Aussie accent too is very similar (though it has evolved, being so far away from the source). If I may, can I offer 'stop & stare' - drop bear, 'Emily Blunt" - Pommie c**t, "dense as mutton" - Peter Dutton
      "Uncle Doug celebrated steak and kidney scoring a meat pie with a dog's eye and an Uncle Doug"

  • @ellenvilla9459
    @ellenvilla9459 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please share more new Cockeysville expressions. Bravo !