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Cockney rhyming slang
Yo!
Says Ian Dury in this ballsy biography of his ("Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" by Richard Balls): "I worked with Roger Lloyd Pack (English actor) on a project a few years ago and he came in one day and said, 'Oh, I'm having terrible trouble with my April.' I said, 'April, you've got me there Roger, what is it? And he gave me this long answer. Your Aris is your bottom and it goes 'Aris, Aristotle, bottle, bottle and glass/.' I go 'Tell me. Is April in Paris? Ah, okay. It's just funny."
Any thoughts on this? (Like what's it all about?)
Neno
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Says Ian Dury in this ballsy biography of his ("Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" by Richard Balls): "I worked with Roger Lloyd Pack (English actor) on a project a few years ago and he came in one day and said, 'Oh, I'm having terrible trouble with my April.' I said, 'April, you've got me there Roger, what is it? And he gave me this long answer. Your Aris is your bottom and it goes 'Aris, Aristotle, bottle, bottle and glass/.' I go 'Tell me. Is April in Paris? Ah, okay. It's just funny."
Any thoughts on this? (Like what's it all about?)
Neno
http://free-st.htnet.hr/na/
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[nq:1]Yo! Says Ian Dury in this ballsy biography of his ("*** & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" ... Is April in Paris?
- [nq:1]Yo!
- Says Ian Dury in this ballsy biography of his ("*** & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" ...
- Is April in Paris?
- Ah, okay.
- " Any thoughts on this?
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[nq:1]Yo! Says Ian Dury in this ballsy biography of his ("*** & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" ... Is April in Paris? Ah, okay. It's just funny." Any thoughts on this? (Like what's it all about?) Neno http://free-st.htnet.hr/na/[/nq]
April Fool > Tool ???
Stev
April Fool > Tool ???
Stev
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[nq:2]Any thoughts on this? (Like what's it all about?) Neno http://free-st.htnet.hr/na/[/nq]
[nq:1]April Fool > Tool ??? Steve Howarth (currently suffering with my Chalfonts)[/nq]
St Peter or St Giles?
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
[nq:1]April Fool > Tool ??? Steve Howarth (currently suffering with my Chalfonts)[/nq]
St Peter or St Giles?
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:1]Yo! Says Ian Dury in this ballsy biography of his ("*** & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" ... Is April in Paris? Ah, okay. It's just funny." Any thoughts on this? (Like what's it all about?) Neno http://free-st.htnet.hr/na/[/nq]
APRIL ... is short for
APRIL
APRIL ... is short for
APRIL
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[nq:1]APRIL ... is short for APRIL IN PARIS ... which rymes with[/nq]
New to me, but I have heard PLASTER (though only on television, not in real life).
[nq:1]'ARIS ... which is short for ARISTOTLE ... which rhymes with BOTTLE ... which is short for BOTTLE AND GLASS ... which rhymes with [/nq]
David
New to me, but I have heard PLASTER (though only on television, not in real life).
[nq:1]'ARIS ... which is short for ARISTOTLE ... which rhymes with BOTTLE ... which is short for BOTTLE AND GLASS ... which rhymes with [/nq]
David
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Amazing, that anybody finds that funny.
Neno
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Neno
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Neno filted:
[nq:1]Amazing, that anybody finds that funny.[/nq]
Still more amazing that Cockneys are able to communicate with one another at all, what with multiple levels of obscurity and the time spent to think them all up..r
[nq:1]Amazing, that anybody finds that funny.[/nq]
Still more amazing that Cockneys are able to communicate with one another at all, what with multiple levels of obscurity and the time spent to think them all up..r
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[nq:1]Neno filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]Amazing, that anybody finds that funny.[/nq]
[nq:1]Still more amazing that Cockneys are able to communicate with one another at all, what with multiple levels of obscurity and the time spent to think them all up..r[/nq]
Even more amazing that anyone thinks a) that cockneys actually use rhyming slang when tourists aren't listening abd b) that
[nq:2]Amazing, that anybody finds that funny.[/nq]
[nq:1]Still more amazing that Cockneys are able to communicate with one another at all, what with multiple levels of obscurity and the time spent to think them all up..r[/nq]
Even more amazing that anyone thinks a) that cockneys actually use rhyming slang when tourists aren't listening abd b) that
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[nq:2]Neno filted: Still more amazing that Cockneys are able to ... obscurity and the time spent to think them all up..r[/nq]
[nq:1]Even more amazing that anyone thinks a) that cockneys actually use rhyming slang when tourists aren't listening abd b) that anyone thinks it was ever intended to be funny.[/nq]
I knew one person - the father of a university friend of mine who liv
[nq:1]Even more amazing that anyone thinks a) that cockneys actually use rhyming slang when tourists aren't listening abd b) that anyone thinks it was ever intended to be funny.[/nq]
I knew one person - the father of a university friend of mine who liv
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[nq:2]Neno filted: Still more amazing that Cockneys are able to ... obscurity and the time spent to think them all up..r[/nq]
[nq:1]Even more amazing that anyone thinks a) that cockneys actually use rhyming slang when tourists aren't listening abd b) that anyone thinks it was ever intended to be funny.[/nq]
There's plenty of rhyming slang in common usage.
Ever blown someb
[nq:1]Even more amazing that anyone thinks a) that cockneys actually use rhyming slang when tourists aren't listening abd b) that anyone thinks it was ever intended to be funny.[/nq]
There's plenty of rhyming slang in common usage.
Ever blown someb
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Peter Morris filted:
[nq:1]There's plenty of rhyming slang in common usage. Ever blown somebody a RASPBERRY (tart) Ever told somebody to use their LOAF (of bread) Ever called someone a BERK (shire hunt)[/nq]
Yes, no, and no, respectively...I don't think any rhyming slang other than "raspberry" has ever enjoyed any currency in the US...I'm sure none of my countrymen has ever told me that he
[nq:1]There's plenty of rhyming slang in common usage. Ever blown somebody a RASPBERRY (tart) Ever told somebody to use their LOAF (of bread) Ever called someone a BERK (shire hunt)[/nq]
Yes, no, and no, respectively...I don't think any rhyming slang other than "raspberry" has ever enjoyed any currency in the US...I'm sure none of my countrymen has ever told me that he
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