Today I Learned

monster · 10-26-2015, 05:40 PM

I read once that the original cockney rhyming slang terms also created a visual link to the item.

e.g.

Apples & Pears: Stairs -the barrow boys used to stack up the oranges and apples (much like they do in produce sections and "fancy" stores today) and they looked like stairs

Dog&Bone = phone -the old free-standing dial phones with the recever in a cradle on the top looked like a dog ?????....

...... There wasn't any TV to watch in those days

10-26-2015, 05:40 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I read once that the original cockney rhyming slang terms also created a visual link to the item. e.g. Apples & Pears: Stairs -the barrow boys used to stack up the oranges and apples (much like they do in produce sections and "fancy" stores today) and they looked like stairs Dog&Bone = phone -the old free-standing dial phones with the recever in a cradle on the top looked like a dog ?????.... ...... There wasn't any TV to watch in those days __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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