I pre-ordered in a fit of FOMO
& its not ready to collect yet
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Link? I’d probably love it.
rhyming slang.
i know a lot of you guys have generations of experience with it, but to my american ears, it sounds like the dumbest thing going. there’s absolutely no sense to be made of it? and the only thing clever about it is that it rhymes?
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I’ve always kind of dug it as you generally only use the first word of the rhyme, it’s like a kind of derivative put into code that you have to work back from if you don’t know it…
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i don’t know - it’s just such an unnecessary chore. i look up some of the more popular examples on site and it’s a form of agony. the rhymes are so far-fetched that all humor has been washed out of them.
(guy walks in with a chunk of cheese on his face) “hey man you got something stuck to your face” “oh no, something’s on me boat”
because somehow “face” rhymes with “boat race”? what the fuck, i can think of a ton of different types of races, boats being pretty far down the list.
anyhoo, i hear it and my first thought is “oh no, that guy is having a stroke”
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Get back to us when you can spell English language words correctly!
(Just kidding)
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They were originally devised by Cockneys so they could have conversations without PC Plod knowing what they were talking about, weren’t they.
There are quite a few good ones - can you work these out? (not for the Brits)
Sherbert
Wilsons
Hampsteads
Haven’t a Scooby
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Important context for anyone who’s just heard the slang. Always a fan of apples and pears.
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What about “aris” ?
That’s like three layers of derivative to say something with the same number of letters as the actual word it refers to.
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Ha! Was going to say the same.
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Bit like bag, one of my favourites.
Old mate/neighbour who had lived in same area for 80 years used lots of it, certainly not an affectation.
Edit: not that you said it was obvs 
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Have you heard about Polari?
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lol…
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Depeche Mode.
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I was never that arsed but then I belatedly realised how epic Gahan’s voice sounds in a club. They’re really unusual as a ‘cult’ band that still manages to sell out stadiums. they’re completely immune to fads or anything else going on in music.
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First ever gig was depeche mode at the brighton dome, master and servant tour, probably 1984/85.
I remember thinking Martin Gore was a lady backing singer. 
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It took going to Russia in the late 90s for me to ‘get’ Depeche Mode. They are inescapable in Russia, people are nuts for them. Something about the aesthetic just gels.
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I think they’ve made some fantastic records. I was never fussed about them when I was younger and all my friends were obsessed with them.
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