As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...

The coded language created by the trading community native to London’s West End has dominated that city’s slang. See how it took shape, and what’s replacing it. How did we get the phrase “use your ...

Home > Play > Top Ten > Ten examples of disability Cockney rhyming slang by Ouch Team Does it get any more inventive than 'Raspberry Ripple'? We reckon so; check our handy top ten list and find out.

Americans and Britons share the same language, yet transatlantic visitors to the London Olympics might struggle to understand what's going on. The games are in East London, home of rhyming slang, a ...

Cockney sayings traditionally include rhyming slang — with the Queen called Baked Bean, for instance THE late Queen sounded increasingly Cockney through her 70-year reign, according to research.

Although many of us know the odd Cockney rhyming slang, test yourself with this quiz to find out just how many phrases you know the meanings behind. Cockney rhyming slang originated in the East End of ...

Alfie and Kat from the BBC soap, Eastenders. Yvonne and Alice discuss a type of English called Cockney that some people speak in East London. In this programme, they listen to some examples of Cockney ...

THE late Queen sounded increasingly Cockney through her 70-year reign, according to research. Experts say certain words evolved more of an East End twang than her traditional “received pronunciation”.