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Showing posts with label Slang. Show all posts

6.6.12

Cockney lingo on the skids? I blame the custard and jelly!


Telegraph article: Londoners baffled by Cockney rhyming slang
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Slang's nang!


 
The Independent review of THE LIFE OF SLANG by Julie Coleman

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31.8.11

America's regional slang



What do these weird words mean?

  • Cold roast Boston
  • Swamp Yankee
  • Gurrybutt
  • Muligrubs
  • Arkansas toothpick
  • Fart knocker
  • Arizona nightingale
  • California prayerbook
To find out, listen to this!: BBC Radio 4 AMERICANA

American regionalisms
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14.8.11

Multicultural London English

 
MLE

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