@ code; gotchya at last


cockney rhyming slang inserts tow (or sometimes more in a phrase fashion) words to replace another, the two replacements must rhyme with the original. example --- boat race is face, gregory peck is neck. it is a bit likea local code language in a sense
part of the problem however is for example in dublin we might combine two words to make up another, but those two are specific to our area. eg: "a half yard" is slang for a gard (garda=police in irish gaelic).
the sample i wrote stayed with very traditional london slang:
i got home at 20.00hours and ate a hot curry. sat down to a nice cup of tea, then went up the stairs to get ready for a night on the city streets. looking a bit rough i wahsed the face, the neck and had a shave, before putting on my best suit with a nice white shirt. called for a taxi on the phone and made sure i had a few score (score in old imperial measurement is 20, few is 3, 3X20=€60)in the pocket. her indoors (the wife---she never goes out, chained to the sink) was late as uaual though, she couldn' decide on the right pair of shoes.
please make all contributions payable to Mr Druid, Newgrange Rath, Co. Meath, Ireland ---those cheques you sent c/o The Hill of Tara never made it to me but the High King was sighted with a nice new flint pick axe soon after.


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