#140: Cockney Rhyming Slang

It's a dialect from a small area of London's that might sound impossible to understand.

In this episode, you'll learn what "apple and pears" means, what you should do if a friend asks if you want to go to the "battle", and who your "trouble and strife" might be...

• Example clip of Cockney Rhyming Slang
• How Cockney Rhyming Slang is formed
• Funny connections between Cockney Rhyming Slang and the meaning of words
• Why does Cockney Rhyming Slang exist?
• Theories about how Cockney Rhyming Slang was created
• Is Cockney Rhyming Slang useful?
• Cockney Rhyming Slang in pop-culture
• Similarities with Verlan in French
• Why you should learn some Cockney Rhyming Slang (even if it isn't useful at all)

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/cockney-rhyming-slang

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