Description
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).
Book Information
ISBN 9781843173748
Author Shelley Klein
Format Hardback
Page Count 96
Imprint Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Publisher Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 154g