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Dave Thatcher
Dave Thatcher
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quotePosted at 10:45 on 15th August 2010
On 15th August 2010 06:33, Ruth Gregory wrote:

Very cool, David.  Welcome, BTW.  Any relation to Margaret?  That is truly a coded dialect that any outsider would have no hope of cracking, kind of like the Navajo code talkers in WW2.

OK, here's a few more.

Advert - ad, commercial

Spot on - absolutely correct

Cor - expression of emphasis or surprise

Phoarrh - same as above (I think Undecided)

Tread - walk or step 

Mash - mashed potatoes

Bangers - sausages

Sweets - candy

Chuffed - proud

Quid - pound

Smart - look good, especially the way one's dressed

Jumper - sweater

Knickers - underwear

Fortnight - 2 weeks

 


Thanks for the welcome. No relation to Maggie but my son is named Mark.....wev'e both had it in the neck for years being associated with Maggie, although I'm not complaining.

Cockney rhyming slang is believed to have originated in the street markets of London. It was used amongst themselves to convey a conversation without the public knowing what they were talking about.

Handy tool to have if you wanted to pass on information to another trader about the customer he had just served, or to insult them to give another trader a laugh etc'

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