Taking the Mickey
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bogusagain
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Blown away by this phrasehave fun with it.
Do you know its origins?
Taking the Mickey Bliss (piss)
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Remec
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Is that a bit of rhyming slang?
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bogusagain
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Yes. No one really knows the origins of rhyming slang other than it began sometime around 1840.
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I grew up taking the piss or the Mickey in more polite company.
butters
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very little rhyming slang used nowadays, though the odd word still gets thrown around - such as 'on me tod' meaning on my own. nobody say's 'going up the apples', and we don't all have street parties where we dance to 'knees up, muvver brown' with the pearly kings and queens all buttoned up rite proper, like.....
but, it's playing with language with intent: the intent was mostly to be able to pass on information they didn't want to rozzers (cops) to find out about through people earwiggin'. street language.
poetry is made of language from all levels. yeah, i just stated the obvious
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very little rhyming slang used nowadays, though the odd word still gets thrown around - such as 'on me tod' meaning on my own. nobody say's 'going up the apples', and we don't all have street parties where we dance to 'knees up, muvver brown' with the pearly kings and queens all buttoned up rite proper, like.....
but, it's playing with language with intent: the intent was mostly to be able to pass on information they didn't want to rozzers (cops) to find out about through people earwiggin'. street language.
poetry is made of language from all levels. yeah, i just stated the obvious
She had a giraffe on me
but only 'cause she could you see
bit of Barney Rubble that one.
butters
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She had a giraffe on me
but only 'cause she could you see
bit of Barney Rubble that one.
you 'avin' a giraffe, mate? hehehehe
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I was brought up on Broad Norfolk ...... Molly Linley she smoke like a chimley and she's moi little nicotine gal
Remec
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*nod*
Yeah, certainly likes me a nice pair of Bristols, doncha know? Even if they're not the first thing to catch me eyes.
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*nod*
Yeah, certainly likes me a nice pair of Bristols, doncha know? Even if they're not the first thing to catch me eyes.
let me translate into more contemporary brit-speak for you:
yeah, rilly likes me a nice pair a bristols, init? even if they ain't the first fing ta catch me eye.
you could even swap 'init' for 'y'understand me?'
init
ha
Remec
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you could even swap 'init' for 'y'understand me?'
init
ha
So, like, 'init?' is British for n'est-pas?
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So, like, 'init?' is British for n'est-pas?
n'est-ce pas? mais ouis!
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Exactement! (My head is like an overblown balloon right now...and I can see my semi-sentient typing fingers have been taking shortcuts, again. *sigh*)
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ha, sleepy fingers, and why? your head, i mean? are you feeling grey, remec?Exactement! (My head is like an overblown balloon right now...and I can see my semi-sentient typing fingers have been taking shortcuts, again. *sigh*)
interesting link, harry - will peruse this in more depth later.
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lot of those are used in the Forces
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Eyes wide open
'Prow tightening' 'e said, laying about with the 'ammer
'needs to get all your boards tight when facing the slammer
of them north seas,
would not want to split a seam.'
I had to agree; you need to keep a close watch on your ship
when faced with unknown waters; and even the known
sometimes become unruly as surely as God
made a cold London night in December.
I lit my pipe and kept a weather eye.
'Prow tightening' 'e said, laying about with the 'ammer
'needs to get all your boards tight when facing the slammer
of them north seas,
would not want to split a seam.'
I had to agree; you need to keep a close watch on your ship
when faced with unknown waters; and even the known
sometimes become unruly as surely as God
made a cold London night in December.
I lit my pipe and kept a weather eye.
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UnderYourSpell
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butters
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it's ok, i had it scraped
i have one thing and one thing only to say to you, mister...
Moooooooooooooo
