Credit for actually using rhyming slang correctly.
I can’t count the number of times I see characters saying shit like “'Aving a bath” or “Gotta get back to the ol’ trouble and strife.” The whole fucking point is that you say the part that doesn’t rhyme, while using the whole phrase as a mnemonic for the thing that it rhymes with. It’s a code language designed for discussing crimes. It’s not meant to be easily intelligible. If you’re saying the rhyming part it becomes much too easy to work out.
Credit for actually using rhyming slang correctly.
I can’t count the number of times I see characters saying shit like “'Aving a bath” or “Gotta get back to the ol’ trouble and strife.” The whole fucking point is that you say the part that doesn’t rhyme, while using the whole phrase as a mnemonic for the thing that it rhymes with. It’s a code language designed for discussing crimes. It’s not meant to be easily intelligible. If you’re saying the rhyming part it becomes much too easy to work out.
What a cant!
Relax, I said cant.
I used to work with a brit who sometimes said “having a bubble” for “having a laugh”.