{"id":4860,"date":"2017-06-12T23:34:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T22:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadinka.webd.pl\/letslearnenglish\/?p=4860"},"modified":"2017-06-18T23:47:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T22:47:25","slug":"cockney-rhyming-slang-londons-famous-secret-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letslearnenglish.com\/fi\/cockney-rhyming-slang-londons-famous-secret-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Cockney Rhyming Slang- London’s Famous Secret Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you Adam and Eve<\/span> it? Cockney Rhyming slang is without doubt an example of beautiful, creative and hilarious expressions of the English language.<\/p>\n

Both poetic and utterly strange, Cockney sees a combination of odd phrases used to replace simple every day words.<\/p>\n

Used since the mid-19th century by hard working class in the East End of London \u2013 the Cockneys, after which it is named \u2014 it is a treasure to behold.<\/p>\n

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WHAT IS IT?<\/h2>\n

Cockney Rhyming is a form of slang, almost like a code, that is commonly spoken in one area of East London. It involves saying a word<\/strong>, that means another completely dofferent thing just because it rhymes with another word<\/strong>, for example the word \u201clook<\/strong>\u201d rhymes with \u201cButcher’s Hook<\/a><\/strong>\u201c, as in: “Give us a Butcher’s at your paper mate”.<\/p>\n

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Learn aspects of the Cockney accent and even take a little test at the end!<\/strong><\/p>\n