How to Speak Cockney - Anglophenia Ep 36
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- Have a butcher's at this video with your china plates. Not sure what this means? Learn how to speak Cockney rhyming slang with Anglophenia's Kate Arnell.
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A Cockney phrase that has made it into mainstream English is, "Getting down to brass tacks." Brass is hard, and tacks rhymes with facts. So "brass tacks" means "hard facts."
wow, take note this :3
I've read that using "bread" to mean "money" is another. "Bread and honey", drop the "and honey".
Also, when making a sound of a "fart", it is called a "raspberry", short for "raspberry tart".
Has it?
How much for the ape?
@@ericjohnson7530 Correct and a few more
'Arris = Aristotle = Bottle and Glass = Arse
Macaroni = Pony = Pony & Trap = Crap (Sh*t)
Screw your Loaf = Loaf of Bread = Head
Two & Eight = State As in "You've got me in a right Two & Eight" used a lot by my Mum when I was kid!
Mince Pies = Eyes
North & South = Mouth
Hampstead Heath = Teeth As in "Did you see that geezers Hampstead's"?
Boat Race = Face (Oxford and Cambridge annual race on the river Thames in London)
Trouble and Strife = Wife
Gregory = Gregory Peck = Neck as in get that down your Gregory (usually a beer)
Ruby = Ruby Murray = Curry
Far too many others to mention
To be fair to Mr. van Dyke, Walt Disney refused to pay for a dialect coach. So he tried his best with what he had.
+Genta Also: Mr. van Dyke was not a trained dancer, he moved very well though. Choreographers knew this and modified his routines to accommodate what he could do well. He also removed himself from the really intricate sections of dance numbers:
From the Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang DVD:
"...the dance sequence took 4 days to film. There was therefore plenty of
time for Dick van Dyke to rest between takes. In addition, during a
featurette with Dick Van Dyke on the special edition DVD he says he was
not a dancer and never trained as a dancer so all the dance sequences
were difficult for him to make look good. Because of the intricacies in
that scene perhaps it was decided best to let the pros handle it instead
of making production even longer with continuous takes to get it right."
Well there's that Infamous Obama Time Machine again...
Now tell us all how TheEvilOBAMAMONSTER engineered Pearl Harbor and the Great Depression. We're all waiting with baited breath...
*facepalm.
XantiaD
Well there's that Infamous Obama Time Machine again.
And to be fair, Mister Disney wanted his audience to understand what the actors said so they could make money. Actors try to lose their English accents
+Genta Saw a "the making of" film about Mary Poppins, a husband and wife team had arranged the choreography and spoke of how physically demanding the "Step in Time" sequence was for all, especially Van Dyke who was more used to using his innate agility for pratfalls instead of dancing. Still love the film, seeing Dame Julie at the top of her game and Ed Wynn turning in his sweetly funny "Uncle Albert" performance shortly before his death.
I have seen "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" so many times and never knew that the "nice cup of Rosy Lee" that Mr. Beaver mentions is just a cup of tea...
The fact that Cockney Rhyming Slang even exists boggles my mind. The world is such an amazing place.
This is the most insane system of language I have ever heard. It's like Pig Latin based on pop culture and rhymes.
+Cassie Pena My mother was English and when I was a kid I spent a great deal of time trying unsuccessfully to figure out what she was talking about. Dad being a practical Texan fixed it for me..Son their English, their beer is warm, they spell Car Tyre (Tire) with a Y and they drive on the wrong side of the road. Don't try to figure them out. True story. Then there is the Thames River, pronounced Tims River not THAMES river, with a A.
+Cassie Pena ever heard of Verlan?
+Cassie Pena if you don't understand it, then it's working perfectly.
+merlin6363 English is not a phonetic language as different groups of letters can be pronounced many different ways. The River Thames is pronounced Tems. Please note that in the UK (and elsewhere) the word 'river' come before the actual name.
+Roller sail yeah, but unless one lives in New England, in the U.S., "tems" is pronounced "tims".
Her charisma leaps off the screen and is contagious!
I am completely smitten by this woman....
T.H. Lawrence she is very beautiful
T.H. Lawrence Aren't we all?
I have watched many of these videos now that seems to be a popular view she is lovely.
Ditto 😊
Step aside...I saw her first.
I moved to South London and lived there for 11 years. I think I was still learning the language when I left. There were common everyday phrases that you learned pretty quick, but others that still confounded me years after I thought I had properly assimilated. A cheeky half usually ended up being anything but, geez and guv referred to your mates and your boss, and 'er indoors was who you went home to every evening. I once asked a colleague for a favor and she told be to "get down on yer biscuits". I had no idea what she was talking about.
I honestly subscribed to this channel just to listen to you talk. British English and it's many dialects sounds amazing.
That's alright me old china plate.
This is fantastic, and she's the most adorable lady I've ever seen
she is gorgeous
Definitely one of your best vids. Really enlightening and enjoyable. Keep up the great work!
Never have I understood something and been totally baffled at the same time ...
Berk is my favourite, It comes from Berkshire hunt, which is Cockney rhyming slang for a certain part of a female.
Runt?
Shunt?
+Terry Wiltshire ah finally the penny drops - now I know why I'm often called a berk. Thankyou!
+Terry Wiltshire Now I can never keep a straight face when I think about Dragons: Riders of Berk! (That's an animated series based on the How to Train Your Dragon films.)
My mums been calling me a berk since I was young 😐
WOW!! this is amazing!! now i can understand that scene from austin powers
Lol
But but subtitles
Or Oceans 11 where the guys says that they'll be in Barney...Barney Rubble...trouble.
I just thought about that, finally makes sense
Midland Banker. Work it out for yourself.
+James Mansbridge or "Merchant Banker". Fun fact: when I worked in banking, years before any scandals or crashes, we used to routinely call Midland Bank "Muddle and Blank" and not without good reason.
+James Mansbridge
J Arthur.....
J Arthur Rank Film Corporation. avin a J Arthur or he's a bit ovva J Arthur.
+johnny vaughan you're*
johnny vaughan Say that the next time you're in English class
+James Mansbridge Also 'Thomas' after 'Tommy Tanker'
i love this channel so much
This is quite a revelation. Never heard of Cockney rhyming slang before.
It doesn't hurt that Kate is adorable, too. :-)
English is already a complicated language to learn and now you tell me there's THIS
Brenda Rodriguez Only in a small part of England. That’s nothing compared to the rest of the earth that speaks English.
Well, I'm English and I've been English for 40 years and yet, I still don't know that much cockney slang, but there aren't many true cockneys left.
This isnt real
well english isn't that complicated imho but these phrases mixed with the cockney accent make me feel stupid as hell
@@antonipelaez1053 that is real!
Kate I love your channel! I have been adopted by Britons long ago and I love the UK, more than 20 years living in London.
My family has been enjoying Anglophenia. A couple ideas for episodes we'd be interested in seeing are differences in healthcare (surgeries vs. doctors offices, casualty department vs. emergency room, national healthcare, waiting lists, pharmacies uses in each place, etc.) and differences in things related to driving (side driver sits on, boot vs. trunk, bonnet vs. hood, motorway vs. interstate, roundabouts, liters vs. gallons of petrol/gas, etc.).
I like how some Cockney rhyming slang has made its way into the common English lexicon, even here in the US. Example: Blow a raspberry (tart). Language is so fascinating!
For sure
If you call making a fart noise with your moth a raspberry, that's CRS for raspberry tart=fart
So that's why it's called "blowing raspberries"
Omg my life has changed
Wow...all this time...
Goodness you learn new things everyday
Raspberry means something different too
Your videos are entertaining and I love the expressions on your”boat” while you’re doing the accents 😂
I am fascinated with this!
I tossed me trouble and strife down the apples and pairs into the boot of the jam jar.
Nori Sri Soury I tossed my wife down the stairs and into the boot of the car.
+Bryon Lape that's hilarious!! thanks for the reply. TIL wife goes into boot of the car! 😂😂
The correct way would be...
I tossed me trouble down the apples into the elephant's of the jam.
Dirty Robot I stand corrected. Thanks.
Dirty Robot . Elephant's is short for Elephant's Trunk which means drunk. So a boot (car or footwear) would be a Daisy as in Daisy Root. But basicly different areas and different times produce different combinations. I met plenty of blokes in the army from as far away as Newcastle and Leeds who use expressions such as Butcher's (Hook) look and Brown (Bread) dead. Even Old Pot and Pan for old man = dad. And dare I say it... Berk, short form of Berkley Hunt.
My favorite one is from Ocean's Eleven when Basher says "We're in barney" and then goes on to explain "Barney Rubble? Trouble!"
Don Cheadle's a good actor but his accent makes Dick Van Dyke sound like a born and bred Londoner. Why on Earth did they give him that role?
Great video topics Very enjoyable. Good presentationas well.
LOVE THIS WOMAN!
I'm a true cockney and she did the basics guys it gets so much harder but to me I dont realise I do it because it's just how I grew up
"Bag of Mystery " is my favorite!
This is so amazing!
This whole video just blew my mind!
My fav is berk. From Berkshire Hunt. I'll let you figure that one out.
really??? I did not know that one.
+Bex Edmondson You've never heard of 'berk'? It is now usually used to mean a 'fool' rather than a ...
+AndrewofWare oh wait, missed that one. I have heard of Berk!
So thats what it means... Now I can get away with calling my manager the forbidden word :D
Yeah, it's a little bit of an odd one that word. It's quite a soft cuss word. I'm sure it can even be used on family telly. While the actual meaning is often considered the most offensive word in the English language.
I'm sooooo confused lol. Can you do a video on Geordies????
Wooowww....My jaw dropped...what an accent..such a wonderful beauty ...the most beautiful teacher ever...
She is so cooollll! Love her!
Bless her Cottons ;-)
what is it? Blonns? Bons? Buns? 🤔
Indeed !
My best friend always used to say 'bless your little cotton socks'
Am I the only one who thinks that she is one of the most amazingly beautiful women on youtube?
you is correct sir
She's a Striker!
This is fascinating!
I love your videos!
You missed my favourite, aris: it goes Aristotle, bottle, bottle and glass arse.
If only this channel was still active. I would ask for a Mandem/Roadman accent
Rɪᴠᴇʀ Oi fam are you making a mug out of us we’re naughty proper Dry slap I’ll give you one right in the cannister
Love it! Its such a weird language but so beautiful. Oh and I really like the presentator, she's gorgeous!
Love this!!
i can't decide if you are absolutely adorable or totally annoying. Adorable it is. Just too cute. I don't get the "language" but I could listen to you all day.
How is it possible not to love her facial expression!?!?!?!?
Looking at your face is 50% of video content. Loveee
I can't stop watching her.
Her face is so natural and honest.
I like UK 🇬🇧 peoples they are just so cool from inside.
How awesome!! I always wondered. I am still a little confused lol but thats alright. I loved this!!
The presenter is so pretty that it hurts my eyes.
Yes, I’m in love!!
Yeah, any more and you'll go blind.
She is lovely. And what’s great charisma she has, also.
This is amazing, when she does the full sentence; I lost my shit. I still can't find it.
Arris. That's my favourite. Arris means Arse. Its a double translation process. Aristotle (Ancient Greek Philospher) translates to bottle. Then bottle of glass translates to arse 😉
my god i love her voice i could listen all day
My favourite is to "sausage a Gregory" - Sausage & Mash = Cash, Gregory Peck = Cheque, so to sausage a Gregory means to cash a cheque. Simple.
Gregory peck is neck
We need English subtitles!!!
B-but this is english
Not a bad idea! It's easier to follow to those subscribers who are still learning the language.
+DeluxeVanilluxe ..and it's not everybody's native language, surprise-surprise!
+Bag full of crabs Sorry ^^ I hadn't meant to be offensive by the comment, and I hadn't thought the comment through. For some reason I had assumed that the majority of viewers were American, so my badstill got those good old youtube subs
+DeluxeVanilluxe I don't think there's a need to apologise. I bet most people got it that it was a joke.
This is a great series of videos for interested Americans, of which there are many, I'm sure!
Never seen Kate Arnell before. Now that I have, I'm in love.
let's have a butcher's at this video, shall we?
Miriam Gross Butchers hook = look
"We're in serious Barney!" Barney Ruble.... Trouble!
Yes , we are in serious Barney.
Love they got Don Cheadle to say this phrase in oceans 11
You are gorgeous! I love your hair!
I think this is the most mysterious slang because it is so often abbreviated. I keep hearing new ones, like Tommy Trinder here and Scooby. It is truly creative. Like, You have right smelly clares on your plates - Clare Rayner = trainers aka sneakers. Plates (of meet) = feet
Here's one that's little known.
Rank: meaning disgusting or in pleasant.
It comes from the military collective term for enlisted soldiers. "RANK AND FILE" ( as in Vile)
This is like that alien language on that TNG episode Darmok .....
+DOWSOE Hard to forget that episode!
+DOWSOE and jalad at tanagra
FNHot Darmok on the ocean
That episode was just on.
+DOWSOE Spot on - if you don't know the cultural reference then no amount of traslation is any help. I loved that episode.
One of my favourites, from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (a rich fount of rhyming slang generally) is the actor Chevy Chase for face (an alternative to boat, or boat race).
Hey it's really fun watching your video....
English is already a twisted language of a hell. Why make it even more cryptic?
You know what? THANK YOU, COCKNEYS!, I'll never be able to learn it.
+Emmanuel A. That's the whole point fella.
01timz - - I'm joking. Every language has its equivalent. In the case of spanish, in Argentina we had Lunfardo, but it felt in oblivion, and there is plenty of many other examples. I didn't know that cockney is so popular in London. Every time I see in TV some "normal people" speaking in London, they speak cockney, to me, or something really close to it.
Exactly, we use intonation to add context to what we say most the time. Extremes differ throughout the country.
Emmanuel A. Americans are stealing our language ;(
Ustjay rytay igpay atinlay
This is absolutely amazing! I've always thought I know english pretty well, but never in my life have I heard of cockney riming! In Russia they boast a lot about how complex and and illogical russian language can be, well they should watch this one.
P.S. Keep going, I enjoy every single episode of Anglophenia. Looking forward for the next one.
This was brilliant.
Very cool! I can use this for my voice over work.
My favourite expression has to be: "I'm just popping out for a ruby, alright?" It confuses the hell out most people. It explains why poor Ruby Murray is now synonymous with Indian cuisine rather than her music.
[For those that don't know: Ruby Murray = Curry]
how did curry get associated with Ruby Murray?
God knows... lol
Probably because of Only Fools and Horses.
@@sourynori
Cos it rhymes. Rhyme is an integral part of rhyming slang.
bees and honey = money
Came across this video through 9 gag
I'm in love with her accent..
Love Anglophenia! I often use cockney rhyming, even though I live in Hertfordshire. It's basically used all around London, and the surrounding areas. Hope Americans can get the hang of all of it! Once you start using it, you can't stop!
Apparently Dr Who isn't quite giving me quite the English exposure I thought it was hahaha
I'll draw my English learning efforts limit at cockney rhyming, it's far too complicated
I remember a former colleague of mine from England sharing some of these with me years ago. The only one I remembered was Septic = an American. I believe the derivation was Septic Tank = Yank.
Trouble and strife.
Wife
I'm Hank Marvin
starving
Go for a ruby then
Rick McKee virgin
Don't eat too much as you will need to do an eartha kitt!
It's fascinating how much Cockney relies on the speaker and the listener coming from a similar place, and knowing the same references.
I'm a native Serbo-Croatian speaker and we have nothing like that.
Our slang is just slightly altered regular words, and definitely not based on rhyme. This is like the whole next level of encryption!
i like listening this girl sound. so comfortable to see continously..
Corta Panda ...1/4 hamburger lol
quarter pounder.. weight of the meat
A girl with curves
+freakyflow my dads new curry recipe
+freakyflow my dads new curry recipe
freakyflow do you mean a quarter pounder?
I LOVE YOU.
doesn't everyone?!
+GroundPounder “TheWisk” 85 yes we all do. she a mavel of amazing awesomeness
+Karthic D She's probably too old and too upmarket for all of you. Note the Roedean accent and posh surname. Would you see her on the same light if her name was Gladys Shufflebottom?
You'd be better off ogling Britney Spears. I can't deny, however, that she is sensationally pretty, but I'd love to see her when she isn't presenting a TH-cam giggle channel - preferably while being either drunk or harassed to hell.
(Sorry, Kate. If you will go being a celebrity...)
JJBushfan What are you even on about? I like her channel and enjoy her as a host etc. Are you saying because I'm a lowly American common person (that you know of) I don't stand a chance with her therefor shouldn't like her content? And she would be the sexiest damn Gladys Shufflebottom ever, one who I would love to take on a drunkin date.
GroundPounder 85
I wasn't saying anything of the sort, my dear sir. I have absolutely nothing against lowly and common people, since I'm very much of that ilk myself. (I was only kidding when I suggested Kate might be of a discerning disposition, although if she really did go to Roedean, who knows?) And I had no idea you were American.
Seriously, I was only stringing you along in standard English fashion. No offence meant.
I simply love the accent, I love the Brits , god bless you all !!!
Your hair is adorable. Good video
Every morning I take a 'BRAD PITT' along with a 'GYPSIES KISS'
It could have been a Pony, which is also non-rhyming slang for an amount of money that I can't remember - a real Cockney could tell me how much. And for a 'number one', Jimmy Riddle is still quite common outside Land'n.
A pony is 25 quid. A score is twenty quid and a cockel is a tenner.
a pony is also a body function
We always used to call it an Eartha kitt.
I've also heard Tom Tit - and if you add (and then remove) 'and Trap' to 'Pony', then you get the same bodily function to which sinnnerboy referred. Anyway, how come this has started up again?
A "Kate Arnell" is non-rhyming slang for "my future wife"
Just had some bangers.
See the picture of the TV series "Porridge"? The dark haired guy on the right was Richard Beckinsale, Kate Beckinsale's father, who sadly died very young.
James Blunt...
trouble and strife
Wife
Nice
She is precious ❤
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I love 'Ruby Murray' (a singer from the 50s) meaning 'curry'. It is thought to have been introduced in the British sit-com 'Only Fools and Horses' (set in east London). Can anyone confirm this?
Whyyyyyy am I watching this , Im English 😂
Ignore the Yes i cant get rid of it ? Same why am I here?!
Me too lmao. Just to see all these stereotypes....
You didn't explain "Butcher's"
What about "Trouble and Strife"
or "Bird Lime"
or "Titfer"
even "I walked so far me plates are killing me"
+Stephen Murray it is Tit for Tat, ...
Stephen Murray yep... I thought you may have been a Sceptic Tank...
+Stephen Murray - Butcher's Hook - Look; Trouble and Strife - Wife; Tit for Tat - Hat. Not sure about Bird Lime, though.
+Stephen Murray - oh, and Plates of Meat - Feet. I think .... !
Anne Jordan yep... that is right...
An excellent one I heard on the radio a few years ago was a caller on TalkSport suggesting that a player might move on to another club. He used the phrase 'up the kermit', which was later explained to mean 'up the road'. As in Kermit the Frog frog and toad road
Great video! Very informative for us Americans. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off for a gypsy's...
I never find this channel to be pony..... :D
And the host definitely isn't a berk!
+Allies Beauty and Health Channel Or a pile of Richards :)
wa lao eh ... why so hard to say sia ?
Kelatan language lagi understand
+Trung Tran Thanh Sibei confusing sia...jialat
+Cáca Milis sa Seomra Spraoi Singlish ... yes !
As usual a wonderful video.
Does anyone know where the term "cockney" itself originated?
In Australia, salt is called Harold Halt. He was a PM.
Let's be honest, more people speak bengali than cockney rhyming slang in london.
+TheAngryMug And if you come across one who does speak English he thinks he's Dizzee Rascal.
+TheAngryMug HAHAHAHA
True, I think MLE is a lot more common now in the East end. I think cockney moved down towards Essex, Kent and Parts of Sussex.