Today I Learned - Page 18

Lamplighter · 10-26-2015, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

be-bop, that whole rhyming slang thing is lost on me.
Things that rhyme often have completely different meanings,
so how in hell do you guys figure out what the other is saying,
until the term becomes common usage?

This helped me understand what is going on with Cockney rhyming slang...

Gravdigr · 10-26-2015, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by be-bop

I'm Hank Marvin. (Shadows guitar player) meaning I'm starving.

We used have a convenience store near our interstate exit called Starvin' Marvin's.

There was also a character on South Park, an Ethiopian child, named Starvin' Marvin.

lumberjim · 10-26-2015, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

We septic tanks just don't have a clue.

i give up. translate it?

Undertoad · 10-26-2015, 05:23 PM

Septic tank = Yank

http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/septic_tank

I didn't even do it right, it should have been "We septics just don't have a clue." The advanced form just suggests the rhyme so you really have to know what's going on.

Also, this is one way the Brits are better than us (and I do believe that they are), they can subtly insult you and you didn't even know it happened.

lumberjim · 10-26-2015, 05:28 PM

ah, I had Yank... i couldnt rhyme anything with septic

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

xoxoxoBruce · 10-26-2015, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Also, this is one way the Brits are better than us (and I do believe that they are), they can subtly insult you and you didn't even know it happened.

Obfuscation is better? I don't think so, more advanced civilizations would strive for clearer communication. How else would the empire's minions know their duties. No wonder the Hessians failed.

Undertoad · 10-26-2015, 06:27 PM

If you want to put down the yanks to your countrymen without the yanks knowing,... I'm telling ya, those people are better at their language than we are. Be careful around them.

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classicman · 10-26-2015, 06:41 PM

Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in water - AT ALL.
This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address.

Clodfobble · 10-26-2015, 07:36 PM

You just have to heat it a tiny bit, it'll dissolve right away.

Aliantha · 10-26-2015, 09:58 PM

Maybe you should boil it classic? That will kill bacteria too.

Zathris · 10-26-2015, 11:22 PM

Today I learned I'm an online jackass.

I also learned that the current value of the dollar is even worse than I thought.

Aliantha · 10-27-2015, 02:43 AM

We're all idiots online, at least some of the time. Haha

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2015, 03:12 AM

Nay nay, not me. I'm an asshole, dickhead, bastard, etc, etc, online. I save idiot for real life.

Aliantha · 10-27-2015, 03:45 AM

Haha...I'd like to see that.

10-26-2015, 05:28 PM	#260
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10-26-2015, 05:40 PM	#261
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

10-26-2015, 06:41 PM	#264
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10-26-2015, 07:36 PM	#265
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10-26-2015, 09:58 PM	#266
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10-26-2015, 05:23 PM	#259
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Septic tank = Yank http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/septic_tank I didn't even do it right, it should have been "We septics just don't have a clue." The advanced form just suggests the rhyme so you really have to know what's going on. Also, this is one way the Brits are better than us (and I do believe that they are), they can subtly insult you and you didn't even know it happened.

10-26-2015, 06:27 PM	#263
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you want to put down the yanks to your countrymen without the yanks knowing,... I'm telling ya, those people are better at their language than we are. Be careful around them. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

10-26-2015, 11:22 PM	#267
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10-27-2015, 02:43 AM	#268
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10-27-2015, 03:12 AM	#269
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10-27-2015, 03:45 AM	#270
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Haha...I'd like to see that. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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