if someone walks down the apples and pears asks if you've been telling porky pies which
could mean you're in a lot of Barney Rubble then again if you use your loaf of bread you probably
won't fall on your bottle and glass... I could really do with a cuff of Rosie
Lee right now welcome back to love English this is cockney rhyming slang with my gran
have you ever wondered what cockney rhyming slang is all about well I am gonna explain it for you
and with the help of my grandmother we're gonna teach you 20 cockney rhyming slang phrases why
have I chosen my grandmother to help us with this lesson well in fact my grandmother is from London
now she is not in the truest of senses a cockney a cockney a true cockney is born within the sound
of Bow Bells the Church of st. Mary illa bow now this church is in the centre of a London and 150
years ago if you were born within the sound of those bells ringing then that qualified you to
be a true cockney now despite not being a true cockney in the sense of the word my grandmother
is a Londoner and therefore she grew up using cockney rhyming slang as I was born in the south
of England it was less common for me to hear or in fact use cockney rhyming slang unless it was
used by my family who on my mother's side all originated from London there were even times
growing up that I might not understand exactly what my grandmother was talking about when she
started to use cockney rhyming slang so in a moment she's going to help me explain 20 common
cockney rhyming slang expressions but first let me explain the origins of cockney rhyming slang
now the origins of cockney rhyming slang a little bit uncertain no one knows for sure exactly how it
originated but it is thought to have been the language of criminals it was a code invented
by criminals in order to evade the police to make sure they didn't know what they were talking about
it was used throughout London as a full of code often by maybe criminals but also by market store
workers and of course nowadays it's actually quite widespread thanks to films like Lock Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels a few nights ago Rory's Roger I busted so he's gone down the battlecruiser to
watch the end of a football game no one's watching the custard sites which is to channel over so it's
a widespread form of flang British slang Americans will have no clue what you're talking about but
the Brits certainly Londoners will know exactly what you were referring to when you asked for a
cup of rose Ely now as I mentioned cockney rhyming slang was of course created by cockney Londoners
a cockney born within the sound of Bow Bells the bells in the church tower of Samaria LeBeau
nowadays however with increased traffic and a lot of buildings around London that area has shrunk
significantly so 150 years ago the bells could be heard much further away than what they are today
as far as Hackney Marshes and as close as Camden but never mind these days you don't have to be a
true cockney to use cockney rhyming slang in fact you don't even have to be a Londoner as long as
you understand the basic rules of cockney rhyming slang even if it's a new phrase that you haven't
heard before you might be able to work out exactly what someone means so how does it work what's the
formula well essentially cockney rhyming slang is created by taking two words the last word should
rhyme with the words you're trying to hide so a very common cockney rhyming slang phrase apples
and pears he walked found the apples and pears now in this case pears rhymes with stairs and
that's the meaning he walked down the stairs the apples and pears the problem is the last word is
often omitted it's removed and therefore unless you know the whole phrase you will have no idea
what to that person is referring to so instead of saying I walk down the apples and pears they might
just say the apples now unless you know that it is apples and pears you will not be able to
rhyme it with stairs in the same way Rosie Lee is referring to tea so if someone asks you would you
like a cup of rosy you would have no idea unless you know the full phrase what that is referring
to if someone says do you want a cup of Rosie Lee you might be able to guess from the context a cup
and Lee the fact that it rhymes with tea what they are asking you for now in this lesson I'm going to
teach you some of the more common cockney rhyming slang phrases I'm not going to go too much into
Maude cockney rhyming slang because in fact as English is an evolving language so too is slang
and cockney rhyming slang is still something that's being created and evolving so if you
do give this lesson a thumbs up and comment below I'll know that you want another lesson on cockney
rhyming slang modern cockney rhyming slang but for now we've got my grandmother to help you learn 20
common phrases so you will notice that I often refer to my grandmother as nan now in English
you could say grandmother or grin that actually has kind of old connotations my grandmother is
only about 49 years older than me so when I was born she was pretty young but I've always called
her nan when I was growing up nanny now that I'm a bit older I call her now so that's why you'll hear
me calling her nan and not grant now I love my nan as I'm sure you all do so if you like this lesson
and you like my grandmother give it a thumbs up I would love for this lesson to do well and go
viral I know that her great-grandchildren Jack and George Thomas and will and baby olara would
love to see this video do well and see their great grandmother it go viral on YouTube it would just
be such a funny thing to see so here we go ladies and gentleman my grandmother Sheila teaching you
20 cockney rhyming slang phrases and where are you from man Duncan what part London were you
born in Hayes yes oh hey I was born in Haiti okay you're a Londoner but you're not actually
in cockney no no no you so anyway although my tan is not a cockney she is a Londoner and you have
used cockney rhyming slang sometimes you've said things and I've been rather confused but today
we're going to test her cockney rhyming slang you think you don't remember it all do you we're going
to do it we'll see okay so we're gonna give you 20 copyright cockney rhyming slang phrases and
see if you can guess what they might mean another one if I say I'm on the dog and bone what am i
doing you're on the phone very good number two if someone says you using spies use your eyes
perfect number three you can also shorten down to have a butcher's but traditionally we say
butcher's hook we look brilliant number four was one that I didn't really understand and you used
it and I was confused what you were saying you said that she was in a white two and eight she
was worried so flustered all flustered yes so to an eight means state yo nice it shows right state
to an eight right number five if someone is a tea leaf or are they a thief if you tell a child that
they shouldn't tell porky pies telling tales tales told lies lies rhymes with lives yeah if
you are talking about your storm and strife your other half you're specifically storm storm and
strike means wife why it doesn't were my husband it rhymes with wife if you tell someone to use
their loaf of bread use their head perfect if you fall on your bottle and glass you're on your ass
now if you have a big plate of meat what do you have big feet say you know you're bad better watch
you stoned us there we go EastEnders it want to learn more copy whereas I because it does in the
pub so this one is about weather so if we say it's a bit more community windy yeah that's a
new one though yes cockney rhyming slang like all slang can evolve and change there's some that are
more traditional this is a little bit of a newer one more community women if you say I don't Adam
and Eve it I don't believe it if someone is in Barney Rubble they're in a lot of trouble
unless you pay now we'll see if you're a viral you can like and she goes viral I might pay her
right if someone is brown bread they're brown bread they're going to be dead okay if you say
you've got some really one if you say you've got a good China plate that's actually mean trying to
plate being a big mate perfect I haven't heard a Dicky bird I've heard what was heard from someone
yeah so Dicky bird rhymes with words you haven't heard anyone say anything I've noted Dicky Birds
from and my friend yeah anyone if you Hank Marvin you didn't know this one earlier do you remember
it now Hank Marvin corn hunt Marvin hungry hungry or starve a starving there we go this is Barry a
traditional so if you want a cup of Rosalee cup of tea perfect if you've got something in your
skyrockets in your pocket yes we're good we're good and my favorite one I think this is one of my
favorites would you like a beer al in a gym so you knew that one better yeah there we go 20 cockney
rhyming slang phrases did you manage to guess any of them I need it very well thank you okay so now
why not have no idea what YouTube is but I would really like her to go viable so do click the like
on this lesson share with your friends and also in the comment section below try and use some
of these phrases hopefully you'll be able to understand some of those London he send movies
with lots of cockney rhyming slang now so thank you very much for watching nice child wasn't like
how would you describe me as a little girl well with me yeah really through lots of nice things
he did you never shot she was going to be you for nothing make hey yeah we didn't make us a life is
love together yes I don't never had one back so my dad's side didn't have a proper that I've had you
in he had great nanny yes I've been love I was lucky to have one you know yeah there we go so
you nearly - mouch that no idea what it means my heart diamond care is coming to me and say I've
seen your YouTube we've shared it with them you'll get on there you pay by their permit all right