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Originally Posted by steveeden888
Thanks dude. I do love Styx. Not the river so much, but, the band is one of my all-time favorites 
I do have a question, as I see you might be from London.
What is the deal with the Cockney Rhyming Slang? I read about it, and, got completely lost Stairs for example. It becomes 'apples and pears', and then you remove 'the pears', and, stairs becomes apples. Why remove the pears, when pears rhymes with stairs, not apples? Or, is that the point of the concept?
I have to go up the apples, the dog is ringing, and it's probably my trouble
Did I get that right? Just curious. It is interesting, but, quite confusing I must say.
thanks mate. I appreciate the comment. |
Yer I'm from London, but like you and most other Londoners I'm pretty much in the dark with the cockney lingo! Its mostly just used in a small area of East London which traditionally has always been probably the most economically deprived area of London in general and only people there have any real undertanding of it. It started as a way of talk between market traders back in the 1800s! I used to know a cockney many years ago, who would use the rhyming slang and half the time, what he said would go over my head anyway! Sure I'm familiar with some of the obvious sayings, but apart from that not much of a clue really. Also the areas of East London where cockneys dwelt, has now largely been taken over by asian immigrant populations, so I don't know how strong it would be in present day. Also most people of cockney origin, have moved further eastwards to the fringes of east London and Essex as well.