Message-ID: <18599eli$9901212002@qz.little-neck.ny.us> X-Archived-At: From: "joy paine" Subject: Cockney Rhyming slang, humor Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Path: qz!not-for-mail Organization: The Committee To Thwart Spam Approved: X-Moderator-Contact: Eli the Bearded X-Story-Submission: X-Original-Message-ID: <19981223211326.13733.qmail@hotmail.com> story-submit@qz.little-neck.ny.us Presumably the art form was named for its originators, although it is now known in many of the dominions beyond the sea, well out of earshot of the Bow bells. Strangely, Cockney rhyming slang has never become popular on this side of the pond, although there is a least one instance in which we use it, without having any clue as to its origin. It's the word "razzberry" which we use to express unmistakably our disapproval of some action, such as an unfavorable call by a referee. Did you know that the term is actually short for "rasperry tart", and that it is used in this connection because "tart" rhymes with "fart"? And that's the way the expressions are derived. A phrase that rhymes with the word we want to represent is shorn of the rhyme, but (if the term is artistically formed) leaving an expression that is suggestive of the original term. Like "plates", a slang expression for "feet". The intermediate phrase was "plates of meat"; removal of the rhyme "meat" still leaves a word that sort of suggests feet. Likewise "trouble", which is short for "trouble and strife", which rhymes with "wife". In Australia, perhaps in Britain as well, an American (Yank) is called a "septic". I vainly tried to get them to change it to "Sherman", as a Sherman tank seems a little more flattering than a septic tank. Of course, Sherman is an offensive word to people from Georgia, but then they don't particularly like being called Yanks, either. Could it be that the field of erotica will offer the entree for this art form into America? Try these: I played with her Dolly's greatest for a while, until it was time to put the dews on her fudges. Soon she was ready for me to put my hickory into her piping -- my hickory dickory into that beautiful sacrifice. After all, I've always preferred the South; the mulberry (or Scipio, if you prefer) is not at all to my taste. There's nothing trite about me. If you're completely lost, here are a few clues, with the rhyming word restored: Dolly's greatest hits dews and damps fudge ripple hickory stick piping hot hickory dickory dock sacrifice bunt South Carolina mulberry bush Scipio Africanus (I realize that there is some dispute about the pronunciation of Latin words. In homage to the British, who originated this art form, use their pronunciation, which rhymes with "heinous". Besides, that's the only way it works.) trite and banal Try it, and see how you can enrich our vocabulary. -- +----------------' Story submission `-+-' Moderator contact `--------------+ | | | | Archive site +----------------------+--------------------+ Newsgroup FAQ | ----