Shelley Klein

Cockney Rhyming Slang

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 08/12/2015

ISBN: 9781782436089

Subject: Non-Fiction

Size: Print Replica (Amazon Ebook)

Extent: 96 pages

Territorial Rights: World

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Summary:

Have you ever been lost for words in the East End markets? Ever got your Gertie Gitanas (bananas) confused with your corns and bunions (onions) and it's all gone a bit Pete Tong (wrong)? Cockney Rhyming Slang is a quick, easy-to-use guide to some of the most frequently used, up-to-date as well as old-fashioned phrases.

Including:
'apples and pears' - stairs
'Barnet Fair' - hair
'sausage and mash' - crash
'bubble bath' - laugh
'Britney Spears' - beers
'has beens' - greens
'dig a grave' - shave

An entertaining collection that explains the ever-evolving dialect of London's East End, with Cockney Rhyming Slang you'll be conversing with the street traders of the East End with no Barney Rubble (trouble).

Sales points:

  • Hundreds of definitions of Cockney rhyming slang in a handy format, all for less than a Lady Godiva

  • Learn about the interesting origins and famous usages as well as the meanings of both common and lesser known expressions

  • From the publishers of the bestselling Little Book of Cockney Rhyming Slang and Dirty Cockney Rhyming Slang - over 100,000 copies sold!

About the Author:

Shelley Klein

Shelley Klein is a freelance editor, compiler and writer. Her works for Michael O'Mara Books include The Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens, Cockney Rhyming Slang, Out of the Mouths of Babes, as well as the bestselling The Book of Senior Moments and its follow up The Little Book of Senior Moments.

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