Americans struggle with rhyming slang

[muck_a_luck]

Husband: something I learned yesterday but forgot to tell you
CK: Yes?
Husband: like yiddish you don't always know what people are saying in rhyming slang
Husband: a berk is short for berkeley hunt
CK: Which rhymes with?
Husband: I thought you would be able to guess
CK: Oh. Stupid rhyming slang.
Husband: much ruder than I would have thought
Husband: I was reminded b/c there is a special on BBC on the pill and it is called the jack and jill
CK: Hmmm.
CK: So you end up on the jack, then?
Husband: ?
CK: Because they tend to drop the rhyming part, and just use the non-rhyming part.
CK: So you'd end up "on the jack" for "on the pill"
Husband: I don't know
Husband: are you sure you understood the berk thing?
CK: Berk=cunt.
CK: And I assume you call a person that.
CK: Call them a cunt.
CK: Except you call them a berk
Husband: I did not want to say
Husband: they use it all the time on those brit coms
CK: Probably never noticed because it just sounded like a random insult.

Comments

[lucky-jack.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Only berk is an mild insult which means 'a silly person' as well as being rhyming slang. I think when It's used in the sitcoms it's being used in it's mild, non-ryhming sense. At least, i think so (I'm worried now).

[lucky-sometimes.livejournal.com]

You'll notice that cunt isnt even as bad as all that, when they say it.

So yeah I was looking into Cockney Rhyming slang a week ago, goggling at all the stupid things they have come up with (and truly, I think as far as slang goes, this is the stupidest stupid to ever be truly retarded) but I laughed my ASS off when i saw one of the things that they have as a synonym for "gay" -- Andrew WK. (You seem to be acting a bit Andrew WK today, mate -- stop checking my ass)

[muck-a-luck.livejournal.com]

LOL!