Porky pies

This week Susie and Gyles unravel the amusing language of Cockney rhyming slang, from making calls on the dog and bone (phone), to drinking a cup of Rosie Lee (tea). 

You wouldn’t Adam and Eve (believe) how much fun we have learning about the origins of this fascinating collection of words and phrases.

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Susie’s Trio for the week:

Wamblecropt - overcome with indigestion

Banloca - a bone-locker, the body

Snecklifter - the person who turns up to the pub hoping someone else will buy them a drink

Gyles' poem this week was ‘The Pleasures of Friendship’ by Stevie Smith

‘The pleasures of friendship are exquisite,

How pleasant to go to a friend on a visit!

I go to my friend, we walk on the grass,

And the hours and moments like minutes pass.’

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