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Ghil'ad Zuckermann, a linguist and revivalist, has proposed a distinction between rhyming slang based on sound only, and phono-semantic rhyming slang, which includes a semantic link between the slang expression and its referent (the thing it refers to). [15]: 29 An example of rhyming slang based only on sound is the Cockney "tea leaf" (thief).
In naval slang (where the place is referred to as Guz [76]), this is specifically a person from Plymouth. [75] Poole Poodles Portsmouth Pompey (collective, shared by the city, the naval base and the football club), Skates (pejorative, alluding to frustrated sailors raping skates) [77] Port Talbot Port Toileteers Potters Bar Pisspots, Bar-flys ...
The Glasgow dialect, also called Glaswegian, varies from Scottish English at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum to the local dialect of West Central Scots at the other. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Therefore, the speech of many Glaswegians can draw on a "continuum between fully localised and fully standardised". [ 3 ]
Cockney rhyming slang. 39 Steps From the 39 Steps: 40 Life begins Refers to the proverb 'life begins at forty'. Naughty 40 Possibly in reference to the Naughty Forty. 41 Time for fun Rhymes with "forty-one". 42 Winnie the Pooh Rhymes with "forty-two" and in reference to Winnie-the-Pooh, a beloved UK children's book character. 43 Down on your knees
to steal (rhyming slang for 'pinch') [159] hampton Penis (rhyming slang from, Hampton Wick = prick; and Hampton Rock = cock). [160] handbags a harmless fight especially between two women. [161] (from "handbags at dawn" an allusion to duelling) hard cheese/hard lines Bad luck. [162] [163] hardman or hard man A man who is ruthless and/or violent ...
(vulgar, rhyming slang) breasts; from football team Bristol City = titty brolly (informal) umbrella brown bread (rhyming slang) dead; "You're brown bread, mate!" browned off Fed up, annoyed or out of patience. bruv clipping of brother, used as a form of address for a man [45] (US: bro, bruh) bubble and squeak
Glasgow Gaelic is an emerging dialect, described as "Gaelic with a Glasgow accent", [2] of Standard Scottish Gaelic. [3] It is spoken by about 10% of Scottish Gaelic speakers, making it the most spoken Dialect outside of the Highlands .
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