Wednesday, 6 June 2007

DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND?


I found this video in Youtube and it is about Cockney accent , especifically about Cockney rhyming slangs
This is what I understood and then ...¿¿¿¿¿¿¿??????
"A lot of people have asked if I can do a Cockney accent , so I'm keeping with a fake language theme and some of my videos I thought I do a cockney accent with some fake cockney rhyming slang ... "
The term Cockney refers to working-class inhabitants of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. Here is an example of a Rhyming slang which consists of replacing words with short phrases which include a word which rhymes with the original one (and sometimes removing the rhyming part). For instance, the term "boat race" (or just "boat") might be used to refer to a person's "face", "plates of meat" (or just "plates") would mean "feet", and "bees and honey" (or just "bees") would mean "money".
The origins of rhyming slang are disputed. It remains a matter of speculation as to whether it was a linguistic accident or whether it was developed intentionally to confuse non-locals. If deliberate, it might have simply been used to maintain a sense of community; or to be used in the marketplace for vendors to talk amongst themselves without customers knowing what they were saying; or it may have been used by criminals to confuse the police and tax collectors.

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

It's a slang or an idiom?
Hey!
Take a look to my brandnew Blog... I made some changes, and i think it looks so cute ^^
By the way I've upload a script of a movie, which I love
"10 things I hate about you"
That's all
bye see u!

6 June 2007 at 14:00

 
Blogger Pablo A. said...

Slang.

I already checked your "pimped blog" Don't call me a copy cat, but I would like to do the same with mine (ours). The playlist!!!

6 June 2007 at 15:34

 

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