| London / Cockney slang 10:50 - Jun 19 with 1924 views | johncharles |
“Beeuwah” meaning a female person. No idea how it’s spelled. Any of you Laandaners know the origins of this. I only lived and worked in London for 50 years so not really a Londoner. |  |
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| London / Cockney slang on 11:06 - Jun 19 with 1876 views | TheChef |
"Only" 50 years?? |  |
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| London / Cockney slang on 11:55 - Jun 19 with 1771 views | BrianMcCarthy |
New to me.
In Cork City slang a Beour is a good-looking young woman.
Very close.
FWIW, it's said to have derived from either Viking or Traveller languages. |  |
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| London / Cockney slang on 12:13 - Jun 19 with 1726 views | colinallcars |
Anyone know any backslang ? Cockneys, if they wanted to call the governor a f*ckin' old sod, would place the last letter first, reverse the word and say it phonetically. It would be kaycuffin deelodos.
The guv would be none the wiser. |  | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 12:17 - Jun 19 with 1710 views | nick_hammersmith |
| London / Cockney slang on 12:13 - Jun 19 by colinallcars |
Anyone know any backslang ? Cockneys, if they wanted to call the governor a f*ckin' old sod, would place the last letter first, reverse the word and say it phonetically. It would be kaycuffin deelodos.
The guv would be none the wiser. |
I always thought backslang was a prison thing, ended up going over to Aus as well |  | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 12:19 - Jun 19 with 1699 views | colinallcars |
Yes Aussies used it too. | | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 12:35 - Jun 19 with 1646 views | Juzzie |
Born and brought up and lived in London all my life and never heard that slang for a women. |  | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 12:51 - Jun 19 with 1572 views | NewBee |
According to Ikiw, some backslang terms have been adopted in standard English, eg Yob for Boy. |  | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 13:04 - Jun 19 with 1543 views | TheChef |
| London / Cockney slang on 12:35 - Jun 19 by Juzzie |
Born and brought up and lived in London all my life and never heard that slang for a women. |
Same for me.
Did you mean Beulah??
The name Beulah, of Hebrew origin, primarily means "married" or "bride". | |
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| London / Cockney slang on 13:52 - Jun 19 with 1473 views | Mick_S |
Gib taf reknaw was pretty common round my way. |  |
| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| London / Cockney slang on 13:57 - Jun 19 with 1450 views | kensalriser |
| London / Cockney slang on 13:52 - Jun 19 by Mick_S |
Gib taf reknaw was pretty common round my way. |
In Liverpool it's the luf tik reknaw. |  |
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| London / Cockney slang on 14:04 - Jun 19 with 1424 views | nick_hammersmith |
| London / Cockney slang on 13:57 - Jun 19 by kensalriser |
In Liverpool it's the luf tik reknaw. |
You are all doing it wrong!
It's not a straight mirror. You need to swap the first letter and then reverse it, otherwise its not really a code | | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 14:05 - Jun 19 with 1420 views | dmm |
| London / Cockney slang on 13:57 - Jun 19 by kensalriser |
In Liverpool it's the luf tik reknaw. |
Usually when aimed at Nhoj Yrret |  | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 14:05 - Jun 19 with 1419 views | SimonJames |
Never heard of Beeuwah. |  |
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| London / Cockney slang on 14:51 - Jun 19 with 1341 views | Boston |
| London / Cockney slang on 14:05 - Jun 19 by SimonJames |
Never heard of Beeuwah. |
Well, she's never heard of you. | |
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| London / Cockney slang on 14:59 - Jun 19 with 1316 views | brewers_hoop |
| London / Cockney slang on 12:13 - Jun 19 by colinallcars |
Anyone know any backslang ? Cockneys, if they wanted to call the governor a f*ckin' old sod, would place the last letter first, reverse the word and say it phonetically. It would be kaycuffin deelodos.
The guv would be none the wiser. |
That’s a form of back slang - actual back slang is just words said backwards. My great Nan taught me it years ago - my great grandad used it on the markets in Hammersmith. Unless it’s particularly long words, I’m not far off fluent - but basically it’s useless cos no-one else understands! |  | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 15:07 - Jun 19 with 1284 views | NorthLondonR |
Yatty, yat or chirpse no longer seem to exist as terms |  | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 15:43 - Jun 19 with 1199 views | HAYESBOY |
I hardly hear 'birds or bird' anymore. |  |
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| London / Cockney slang on 19:14 - Jun 19 with 921 views | ted_hendrix |
Now there's a word that I don't understand
I hear it every day from my old man
It may be Cockney rhyming slang
It ain't in no school book
He says it every time that he gets mad
A regular caution is my old dad
Rub the old man up the wrong way, bet your life you'll hear him say
Gertcha, cowson, gertcha
Gertcha!
Song by Chas & Dave |  |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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| London / Cockney slang on 19:30 - Jun 19 with 882 views | Ghost_on_the_Westway |
| London / Cockney slang on 19:14 - Jun 19 by ted_hendrix |
Now there's a word that I don't understand
I hear it every day from my old man
It may be Cockney rhyming slang
It ain't in no school book
He says it every time that he gets mad
A regular caution is my old dad
Rub the old man up the wrong way, bet your life you'll hear him say
Gertcha, cowson, gertcha
Gertcha!
Song by Chas & Dave |
Who’da thought Chas & Dave would fall foul of censors, but some toff at the Beeb asked them not to sing “cowson” when on TOTP, so in a true rock n roll form of rebellion that Joe Strummer would have killed for, Chas (or was it Dave) stared at the camera with a daft grin and mouthed it.
Cowson - great word. Brilliantly used by Monkfish “the no nonsense, uncompromising vet” in The Fast Show when a cow was giving birth - “ You! Spread ‘em! Right! Aaht, you caah-son”. [Post edited 19 Jun 19:31]
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| London / Cockney slang on 20:19 - Jun 19 with 806 views | Mick_S |
| London / Cockney slang on 19:14 - Jun 19 by ted_hendrix |
Now there's a word that I don't understand
I hear it every day from my old man
It may be Cockney rhyming slang
It ain't in no school book
He says it every time that he gets mad
A regular caution is my old dad
Rub the old man up the wrong way, bet your life you'll hear him say
Gertcha, cowson, gertcha
Gertcha!
Song by Chas & Dave |
When the kids are swinging on the gate 😉 | |
| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| London / Cockney slang on 00:22 - Jun 20 with 615 views | CiderwithRsie |
| London / Cockney slang on 19:30 - Jun 19 by Ghost_on_the_Westway |
Who’da thought Chas & Dave would fall foul of censors, but some toff at the Beeb asked them not to sing “cowson” when on TOTP, so in a true rock n roll form of rebellion that Joe Strummer would have killed for, Chas (or was it Dave) stared at the camera with a daft grin and mouthed it.
Cowson - great word. Brilliantly used by Monkfish “the no nonsense, uncompromising vet” in The Fast Show when a cow was giving birth - “ You! Spread ‘em! Right! Aaht, you caah-son”. [Post edited 19 Jun 19:31]
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Monkfish was brilliant ("You! Pull your knickers up and make me a cup of tea") Was always waiting for his next incarnation, reckon they could have run that for years.
Recently heard an adaptation of a V I Warshawski detective story in which one of the suspects was called Monkfish and I kept waiting for him to go full Fast Show. | | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 09:33 - Jun 20 with 410 views | _tf_ |
Don't know either, but Graham Greene's Brighton Rock has Pinky and the gang describing women as 'buers', a word I had never read before or since. It's derogatory and means 'loose'. | | | |
| London / Cockney slang on 11:59 - Jun 20 with 305 views | DiggertheMole |
In Brighton Rock, Ida is consistently a "buer". This is down to the misogynistic attutude of Pinkie and his cronies. Rose, innocent and implicated is only a "buer" until she becomes Pinkie's property. In the original film, Ida's status as "loose" is confirmed by her singing and dancing as a showgirl thus assuredly a prostitute. | | | |
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