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#140: Cockney Rhyming Slang

#140: Cockney Rhyming Slang

English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English vor 5 Jahren

It's a dialect from a small area of London's that might sound impossible to understand. In this episode, you'll learn what "apple and pears" means, what you should do if a friend asks if you want to go to the "battle", and who your "trouble and strife"

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It's a dialect from a small area of London's that might sound
impossible to understand.

In this episode, you'll learn what "apple and pears" means, what
you should do if a friend asks if you want to go to the "battle",
and who your "trouble and strife" might be...

Example clip of Cockney Rhyming Slang

How Cockney Rhyming Slang is formed

Funny connections between Cockney Rhyming Slang and the
meaning of words

Why does Cockney Rhyming Slang exist?

Theories about how Cockney Rhyming Slang was created

Is Cockney Rhyming Slang useful?

Cockney Rhyming Slang in pop-culture

Similarities with Verlan in French

Why you should learn some Cockney Rhyming Slang (even if it
isn't useful at all)

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/cockney-rhyming-slang

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