Best slang ever. Im going to start talking like a working class Londener
Cockney: The Language of The Gods
Best slang ever. Im going to start talking like a working class Londener
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: Cockney: The Language of The Gods
Scouse is much better.
And it is named after food, not a part of the body.
Anyway, what is wrong with Texan?
Last edited by The_Doctor; 12-28-2006 at 18:23.
Re: Cockney: The Language of The Gods
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Did ya' just see Green Street Hooligans or something? (great movie btw I even went out and bought it)
(wether that was cockney in the movie or not I do not know, but the brits sound classy when they cuss compared to us yanks...it's the only thing they have better then us)
Formerly ceasar010
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Sadly there is not a soul in the world who actually speaks it really anymore. Blame immigration, internal movements and American tv for that...
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Isn't estuary ("es-jurry") the culprit?
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No it was on Beerfest
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: Cockney: The Language of The Gods
Warning-if this was an American film, what you heard most likely didn't even resemble Cockney. NB-Mary Poppins.
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The occasional phrase still manages to pop in there when I speak...then I shudder...
@SFTS- for your consideration- (the movie Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels is full of the stuff)
Tomorrow, Im gonna get up, have a cup of Rosie, go out and get my barnet sorted and then go see me ol china...
Decipher at your leisure...
"England expects that every man will do his duty" Lord Nelson
"Extinction to all traitors" Megatron
"Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such." Homer Simpson
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wouldn't you prefer a giggle ?Tomorrow, Im gonna get up, have a cup of Rosie
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The only cockney I remember is: bristols = titties. I learned it from my English teacher in High school.
Cockney, completly incomprehensible when your not a local. The best language there is.
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Given that most working class londoners seem to want to sound American you probably already do...
Or, for the Londoners amongst us: Would you adam and eve it, the saucepans all saand like bleeding shermans naa.
(c) Mr Dick Van Dyke Ithenkyew
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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