Rhyming Slang: U.K.'s Poetry of the Proletariat Goes Pop
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0414_040414_britneyspears.html
James Owen in England for National Geographic News
April 14, 2004
Now you have a choice when ordering beer in a London pub—ask for a pig if you want just one, or for some Britneys if buying several. The terms represent both old and new in the modern lexicon of Cockney rhyming slang. ...
James Owen in England for National Geographic News
April 14, 2004
Now you have a choice when ordering beer in a London pub—ask for a pig if you want just one, or for some Britneys if buying several. The terms represent both old and new in the modern lexicon of Cockney rhyming slang. ...
Posted: Mon - April 19, 2004 at 02:05 PM
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