Trouble and strife: wife Bricks and mortar: daughter Tea leaf: thief Bees and honey: money Burton on Trent : rent Half inch: pinch (steal) Ball of chalk: walk Cherry Ripe: pipe Almond rocks: socks Dicky dirt: shirt Round the houses: trousers Frog and toad: road How d'ya dos: shoes Westminster Abbey: shabby Bushel and peck: neck Two thirty : dirty Cape of Good Hope : soap Pen and ink: stink North and South: mouth Mince pies: eyes I suppose: nose Saucepan lid: quid (£1) Uncle Fred: bread Stand at ease: cheese Early doors: drawers (underwear) George Raft: draught Rub-a-dub: pub Tumble down the sink: drink Elephant's trunk: drunk Mozart (and Liszt): pissed (drunk) Bird lime: time Cat and mouse: house Stewed prune: tune Richard the Third: bird/turd (hence the joke with the misdirection) Plates of meat: feet Four by two: Jew Sky rocket: pocket Lady Godiva : fiver (£5) Froth and bubble: trouble Jeremiah: fire Lionel Blair: chair Bottle and glass: ass

@kathleenorr9237

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant…am sure they’ll appreciate this 😁

@JJ-of1ir

Жыл бұрын

Oh my well done. Brilliant.

@neilwilliams2907

Жыл бұрын

That last one should be 'arse' as it's British ;-)

@chrisnorman1902

Жыл бұрын

@@neilwilliams2907 I'm British but where I'm from we don't say glarss or arse, we say glass and ass

@jemmajames6719

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisnorman1902Yorkshire here, it’s glass and arse never heard anyone say ass, its arse over tit!

Don't worry. Nobody would expect a couple of Shermans to understand this sketch anyway. 😛

@johnsmith-de9wv

Ай бұрын

sherman tanks ,gottit

@lordomacron3719

Ай бұрын

I would have gone with ‘septic tank’

@helenwood8482

10 күн бұрын

You mean septics. A Sherman is a wank.

The key thing you forgot is that it’s Cockney RHYMING slang. The real word always rhymes as in Apple and Pears = stairs, but often would just be referred to as I’m going up the Apples.

@ericacawthorne790

Жыл бұрын

That's what I said out loud. Simply rhyming

@jackielouise3725

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was going to say - All you've got to remember is that it's Cockney RHYMING Slang and you can work out what most of it means even if you're not used to hearing it 😊

Small brown Richard the Third is jokingly assuming it's a turd not a bird, but it is a bird. You got it.

Henry VIII meaning Big Piece of Meat shows you've missed the whole idea of RHYMING slang...🤣🤣🤣 (also,we were to assume he meant Turd but the surprise was he meant Bird)

@timrussell9869

9 ай бұрын

Henry the Eigth means steak.

he's actually making it a little easier because in general conversation, only the first word of the rhyme would be used. ie.. trouble and strife (wife) would be referred to simply as the 'trouble.' I was brought up in london later moved to manchester where i discovered that english was actually my second language.

I'm Scottish and understood it all,your reaction was priceless

@abigail1st

Жыл бұрын

Me too on both counts 🤣

@ladykaycey

Жыл бұрын

Me too on both counts. A bit of a parody of the good samaritan. Heavily embellished lol

@zepo82

Жыл бұрын

@@ladykaycey the fact they knew this much is quite surprising!

@ladykaycey

Жыл бұрын

@@zepo82 I know 🙂

@matthewcharles5867

Жыл бұрын

Even as a Australian was easy to understand but the again there's still plenty places here were pidgin English is spoken to along with our version of slang which can have mixtures of welsh , galiec or Irish depending on where you live.

My Nanny was Cockney. She spoke like this all the time. I remember her clearly and I remember watching this when it first aired and laughing so much. The Two Ronnie's were brilliant.

In Australia, we get the references from both the UK and the US, lucky for us (I think..??). So I can understand all this. The Two Ronnies are amazing. Love your reactions guys!!! BTW The audience thought Richard the Third was turd until the flew away line. Hence the big reaction. So clever.

Whether they are from London or not most people in the UK understand this perfectly but it was hilarious to watch you trying

Trouble and Strife: Wife Tea-Leaf: Thief Bricks and mortar: daughter Bees and honey: money Burton-On-Trent: rent Bristol city: ??? 🤷🏽‍♀️ Cherry ripe: pipe? Half-Inch: pinch Dicky-dirt: shirt Frog and toad: road How-de-does: shoes? Westminster Abbey: shabby Pen & ink: stink North and South: mouth Mince pies: eyes I suppose: nose Saucepan lid: quid Early doors: drawers George raft: draft Rub a dub: pub Richard the third: bird Cat and mouse: house Plates of meat: feet

@laughingachilles

Жыл бұрын

Richard the third can of course mean excrement but the two Ronnie's loved to play with language.

@davidbirchall832

Жыл бұрын

Glad you saved me typing this out...🤣

@tobytaylor2154

Жыл бұрын

Bristol City, I see you put a ? I would've thought that's easier than the others you translated. Bristol City, tities

@richardgriffiths6823

Жыл бұрын

Bless you Shandy...

@garysibley4741

Жыл бұрын

You can imagine how much the Germans what crazy trying to understand this stuff.

Loved this. I'm from Yorkshire and I could still follow the basic story even if a few words were lost on me. We use a lot of these phases throughout the country especially older generations.

@garthwick19

Жыл бұрын

Was going to say the exact same thing as I'm a Yorkshireman too. Shows you how we take our native tongue for granted. If we got invaded we could speak in this and they wouldn't have a bloody clue.

@davidmarsden9800

Жыл бұрын

@@garthwick19 we have been. Yorkshire as well.

@paulliversidge7140

Жыл бұрын

Yorkshire! Yorkshire! Yorkshire!

@penishazelton8321

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm from Boston spa in Leeds and I understand it.!!

@Simon-fr4ts

9 ай бұрын

Me too also from Yorkshire.

The Richard III slang word was also a _double entendre,_ so you were meant/led to believe he was talking about a turd until he simplified the meaning of the word which would make it more obvious that he actually meant bird.

Oh boys....what a reaction !!! haven't laughed out loud so much for a long time. As far as you're concerned he might as well have been speaking Swahili 😂😂😂

Richard the Third can be used for both the words turd and bird, depending on the context in which it's used. This guy was a genius when it came to wordplay.

@nickstreet7603

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he knows everyone will be thinking "turd" then makes it clear he means "bird". So he's catching the listener out even when they think they know what he's saying.

@iloveesr

Жыл бұрын

@@nickstreet7603 exactly that. He starts off with some well-known slang and proceeds into more obscure stuff. The audience feel confident at first but then find themselves having to think about what he's said, and if they can work out what he's said. Then along comes something easier to recognise, and you suppress the question of why would he pick up a shit and put it on a wall because you're just grateful for having got back into understanding what he's talking about, only for him to pull the rug from underneath your feet and make you feel like a twat for not spotting the obvious in the first place. Absolute legend.

@aharon59

Жыл бұрын

@@nickstreet7603 yes... generally turds don`t fly 😂

@lewisner

11 ай бұрын

I used to work trains through Finsbury Park station in the 80s and one of the platform staff wore Richard The Third shoes.

Here’s the full transcript. Translated words are in capitals. A long time ago, in the days of the Israelites, there lived a poor man. He had no WIFE, she had run off with a THIEF some years before and he now lived with his eldest DAUGHTER, Mary. And being very short of MONEY, unable to pay the RENT, he was tempted to go forth, into the TITTY (this one doesn’t make sense, unless “Bristol City” has another meaning) and see what he could PINCH (i.e. steal). He would say to Mary, his DAUGHTER, “I would take a WALK into the town and buy some tobacco for my PIPE.” And he would put on his SOCKS and his SHIRT and his TROUSERS, then set of down the ROAD until he reached the outskirts of the TITTY (again, “Bristol” Being short for “Bristol City” means “titty”. This is confusing because it sounds like he’s using it to mean “city”, which is weird as it’s rhyming city with city?) and people would stare at him, for his SHIRT was torn, his SHOES were full of holes and his coat was very SHABBY (i.e. old and worn out). He was also somewhat unclean, being to poor to purchase any soap, his NECK was extremely DIRTY., and people passed by on the other side to avoid the STINK. He was truly an ugly man, his MOUTH drooped, his EYES were watery, and he had a big, red NOSE. One day his DAUGHTER gave him some money, saying “Here’s a QUID (i.e. £1), go and buy food, a loaf of BREAD and a pound of CHEESE. Do not tarry in the town and bring me back what is left of the money, to buy myself some new underwear, I need a new pair of DRAWERS (i.e. panties). My present ones are full of holes and I am in a continual DRAUGHT.” But instead of returning with the MONEY for his DAUGHTER’S DRAWERS, he made his way to the PUB for a DRINK and indulged himself freely on the bottle, then he became very DRUNK and PISSED, and with the landlord of the PUB called TIME, the man set off towards his HOUSE, reeling about, all over the ROAD and drunkenly humming a TUNE. And it came to ASS (another odd one. Khyber Pass means Ass, but he’s using it to mean Pass) that as he staggered along, he saw, on the pavement, a small, brown BIRD (this is funny because Richard the Third also means “turd”, which call also be small and brown 😂), and he stared at it, lying there at his FEET, then he said “oh small, brown BIRD. How lucky I didn’t step on you. Then he picked it up and he put it on top of a wall, where no one could step on it, and a rich, JEWISH merchant, who witnessed the deed, put his hand in his POCKET and took out a FIVER (i.e. £5) and handed it to the man, saying “I saw you pick up that BIRD and remove it from the pavement and that was a kindly act. Take this FIVER for your TROUBLE.” The man took it and went on his way and the BIRD flew back to his nest. Now, when the man arrived home, his daughter was sitting by the FIRE on her favourite CHAIR, then she arose, angrily and said “Once again you’ve come home DRUNK and PISSED and spent all the money I gave you. Now I cannot have my new pair of DRAWERS. Neither can I have wine, as yo do.” And the man said “Fear not, here is a FIVER, which I earned by a kindly act.” And the woman was overjoyed and said “thank you, father. Now I can have my pair of DRAWERS. Verily, that kindly act has ensured that I have more than enough to cover my ASS.”

@terencemullins1422

3 күн бұрын

😂👍

Great reaction! I think the point of the joke at the end is that the audience assumes Richard III = turd, so there are groans when he picks it up before the reveal that is actually means bird

As a old ex Londoner, watching you two watching this was great. It’s funny I had forgotten a lot of these but it all came flooding back. So thanks for the 😂😂😂. Would love to see you tell this story again in the queen’s English at the same time. I’ve seen in the comments that someone has given you the translation, so go on give it a go I dare you.😂😂😂😂🇬🇧🙏🏻

@libbybullock8214

Жыл бұрын

Yes Absolutely, Please do this one again, we don’t care how many times you need to stop and comment, it’s so much fun watching you guys try to work it out…👍

The point of rhyming slang was so that the police (and other outsiders) wouldn't understand. But as you discover, it's not too hard once you get they key. Other similar languages ('argots') include 'backslang' and 'polari'

The joke was that we would assume Richard the 3rd would mean turd as it makes sense contextually. The fact it meant a bird was very surprising, and hilarity ensued. Loved your reaction guys!

Ronnie made it easy for you by saying the rhyming slang in full. Frog and Toad you correctly rhymed with 'road'. However, often only the non-rhyming part would be spoken, and you had to know the rest of the phrase to decypher it. 'The trouble ran up the apples because I was Brahms'. This equates to 'The trouble and strife ran up the apples and pears because I was Brahms and Liszt', or 'My wife ran up the stairs because I was inebriated (Pi**ed')'.

Also consider Ronnie Baker did the sketch NOT using the cockney accent and he used the full slang term and not the way it would mostly be used for most words missing the word that rhymes and he talked pretty slowly. Ronnie Barker made this easy to understand.

The look on Daniel's face when Spencer starting talking about Henry VIII was absolutely priceless. I thought his brain was going to explode🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Love it. I am a genuine Cockney, and watching you get your head fried had me in stitches. Bloody brilliant. This was a proper Giraffe. Your boats made this reaction.

@lewisner

11 ай бұрын

You're a diamond geezer.

@charliecosta3971

11 ай бұрын

@@lewisner Stop it.

i am scottish, my wifes family are from London and Essex, they dont use as much slang as they used to, tbh i forgot half of them till he started speaking, not seen that scetch in years! love the 2 ronnys!

Lionel Blair: chair Mozart (normally Brahms & Liszt): pissed Bottle and glass: arse (ass). Lady Godiva: fiver (£5) Hope this helps! (From a young-ish bird.) (And please can you do reaction videos to: 1) Comic Romesh Ranganathan, who has been on “Live at The Apollo” and “8 Out Of Ten Cats” 2) “The Royle Family” sitcom 3) “Gavin and Stacey”, 4) “This Morning”: a daily magazine-type show where there is always a doublè entendre” and 5) “Gogglebox” where different families become armchair critics on the weeks TV and news. “Best friends Jenny and Lee” from the northern town of Hull are a particularly funny duo. Please and thank you.)

@welshgit

Жыл бұрын

Spencer / Daniel - "pissed" as in "pissed as a fart" (a phrase meaning "very drunk") so.. mozart...fart etc.

@welshgit

Жыл бұрын

reacting to a programme reacting to programmes? All we then need is gogglebox watching Spencer and Daniel reaction to gogglebox, and it's all downhill from there!! :-)

grew up within the sound of Bow Bells so understood it perfectly, don't normally say the whole phrase though, so frog and toad (road) would just be frog, dickie dirt is shirt, almond rocks is socks, rhythm and blues is shoes, daisy roots is boots etc.

@trytellingthetruth.2068

Жыл бұрын

Saying the whole phrase can be a pain in the "Gregory".

@libbybullock8214

Жыл бұрын

You might have to explain the whole Bow Bells thing, pretty sure our guys here won’t have a Scooby…😁

My husband is from East London, and I’m from up north, we’ve been together for 23 years and I’m still learning…. 🤣🤣But I got ‘small brown Richard iii’ straight away 💩💩🤣🤣

You Ronnies were popular talented and much loved . Ronnie Barker was a truly great wordsmith and after a long acting career was at his finest . The Richard III was so clever as you spotted , it could be e two of three meanings .

That reminded me of my dad. As a cockney he used all of the rhyming slang. I miss hearing it, so watching this brought back memories.

The Two Ronnies was diamond in its day, that was Ronnie Barker, also starred in a sit com called 'Porridge' slang for prison because prison served porridge for the inmates daily

Since I was a kid, like many others, I used the word "Berk" as a synonym for "fool" or "idiot". It's a fairly innocuous term and is generally accepted in polite company. However, I recently found that it is actually an abbreviation of cockney rhyming slang (much like how a cockney would just say "whistle" for "suit" rather than the whole term of "whistle and flute") for a word that is generally viewed as more offensive. The complete term being "Berkley _Hunt_ "

Another good stream! Understood it perfectly as was born in London and my whole family spoke a lot of cockney!!

There's a Cockney Alphabet too. Ay is for 'Orses Bee for Mutton Cee for Miles Dee for Dumb Ee for Brick Eff for Vescence Gee for Staff Aiches and Pains Eye for One Jay for Cakes Kay for Cavern Ell for Leaver Em for Sis (and so on)

The rich tapestry of the English spoken word is a joy.

The truth is Cockneys normaly use the first word in the sequence, i.e. My china bought a new haddock and a green whistle to inpress the bints, unfortunately someone had a wallace over the jamjar and whistle and had it away on his bromleys.

@ronstocker

Жыл бұрын

@@lenaw.9405 My mate bought a new motor and a green suite to impress the women, unfortunately someone vomited over the car and suite and ran away.

If your confused by Cockney rhyming slang you should react to Kenneth Williams talking polari !!

I live in London, when it comes to Cockney rhyming slang, this is the easy stuff, first graders stuff

Someone needs to send them a cockney rhyming book

Loving the mystified looks on the guys' faces. 🤣 Keep it up lads. You'll be fluent in cockney eventually. 😁

Daniel always looks in genuine pain when the puns of The Ronnie's are served up. I can understand because many times I have had to re-watch them to work them out. I'm from the UK and saw them first time around. Spencer, do not let him watch Milton Jones. It's not fair!

most Londoners would not use both words of the rhyming so for face instead of using boat race they would just say boat, using both words would mark you as being a mockney rather than a cockney, theres another sketch by Ronnie Barker where is playing a minister for spoonerisms which will also fry your brains

A long time ago, in the days of the Israelites, there lived a poor man. He had no wife. She had run off with a thief some years before, and he now lived with his eldest daughter Mary. Being very short of money, unable to pay the rent, he was half tempted to go forth into the city and see what he could pinch (steal). He would say to Mary, his daughter, "I will take a walk into the town and buy some tobacco for my pipe". And he would put on his socks and shirt and his trousers and set off down the road until he reached the outskirts of the city. Then people would stare at him for his shirt was torn, his shoes were full of holes, and his coat was very shabby. He was also somewhat unclean being too poor to buy any soap, his neck was extremely dirty. And people pass by on the other side (of the road) to avoid the stink. He was truly an ugly man; his mouth drooped, his eyes were watery, and he had a big red nose. One day his daughter gave him some money, saying "Here is a quid (a pound), go and buy food. A loaf of bread and a pound of cheese. Do not tarry in the town, and bring me back what is left of the money, to buy myself some new underwear. I need a new pair of drawers (panties). For my present ones are full of holes, and I am in a continual draught (draft)." But instead of returning with the money for his daughter's drawers, he made his way to the pub for a drink, and indulged himself freely of the bottle, and he became drunk and pissed (very drunk). And when the landlord of the pub called (closing) time, the man set off back to his house, reeling about all over the road, and drunkenly humming a tune. And it came to pass, that as he staggered along, he saw, on the pavement, a small brown bird (see note below, "Richard the Third"), and he stared at it, lying there at his feet. He said "Oh, small brown bird, how lucky I did not step on you." And he picked it up, and he put it on top of a wall where no-one could step on it. And a rich Jewish merchant (see note below, "merchant banker"), who witnessed the deed, put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a fiver (five pounds), and handed it to the man saying "I saw you pick up that bird, then remove it from the pavement, and that was a kindly act. Take this fiver for your trouble." And the man took it, and went on his way. And the bird flew back to its nest. Now, when the man arrived home, his daughter was sitting by the fire on her favourite chair. Then she arose angry and said "Once again you come home drunk and pissed, and have spent all the money I gave you, now I cannot have my new pair of drawers. Neither can I have wine, as you do." And the man said "Fear not, here is a fiver, which I earnt by a kindly act." And the woman was overjoyed, and said "Thank you, father, now I can have my pair of drawers. Verily, that kindly act has ensured that I have more than enough to cover my arse". (see note below, "bottle and glass") See reply to this comment for translation notes.

@ENX-React

Жыл бұрын

Trouble and strife = wife Tea leaf = thief Bricks and mortar = daughter Bees and honey = money Burton on Trent = rent Half-inch = pinch (steal) Ball of chalk = walk Cherry ripe = pipe Almond rocks = socks Dicky dirt = shirt Round the houses = trousers Frog and toad = road Bristol = city (note: "Bristol cities", or "Bristols", is often used to mean "breasts") Howdy-does = shoes Westminster Abbey = shabby Cape of Good Hope = soap Bushel and peck = neck Two thirty = dirty Pen and ink = stink North and south = mouth Mince pies = eyes I suppose = nose Saucepan lid = quid (pound) Uncle Fred = bread Stand at ease = cheese Early doors = drawers (panties) George Raft = draught (draft, breeze) Rub-a-dub = pub Tumble down the sink = drink Elephant's trunk = drunk Mozart (and Liszt) = pissed (drunk) (note: "Brahms and Liszt" is another common version of this) Bird lime = time (closing time) Cat and mouse = house Stewed prune = tune Khyber Pass = pass (note: used literally in this case, but also slang for "arse") Richard the Third = bird (note: used here as comic misdirection, as the context suggests it's the more common usage of "turd" until he says it flew back to its nest) Plates of meat = feet Four by twoish = Jewish Merchant (banker) = wanker (note: apparently used literally as "merchant" in this case, but the slang meaning is the British insult) Sky rocket = pocket Lady Godiva = fiver (five pounds) Froth and bubble = trouble Gerry Meyer(?) = fire Lionel Blair = chair Bottle and glass = arse (note: again, a double meaning, as she could've meant the "bottle and glass" for the wine she wanted, so can be taken literally or as slang)

Richard the third means both turd and bird. The Richard the third in this story was a bird but the joke is that the audience initially thought it was a turd.

The key to understanding Cockney rhyming slang is to listen for the last word in the phrase - it’s the one that rhymes with the real, intended word. Often the rhyming phrase has a comedic meaning in itself or it’s a double entendre. Basically it’s mischievous fun.

About King Henry the Eighth the last word has to rhyme with whichever word you are substituting for, so as very little rhymes with the word eighth, it wouldn’t be used, it may be used in some circles to refer to an eighth of some special herbs 😅but it’s not cockney slang however you could say King Henry Eight and that could be late or plate, hope that helps Spencer

Ironically, there has since been a copy of the Bible translated into rhyming slang. Not seen a copy, but the mind boggles. They have a similar rhyming slang in Sydney, Australia (or as the locals know it, "Steak and Kidney"). As an ex-Londoner, I caught 95% and could work out the rest. The Richard III double ententre was marvellous (Richard III for bird is where we get the phrase "a dicky bird"). You need to react to Ronnie Barker's "Society for Mispronunciation" sketch.

Richard the Third normally means 'turd' (Sh*t) ... but he double bluffed us with it also rhyming with 'bird' and the idea of nearly stepping and then picking up a Richard 3 placing it on a wall and then noting that it flew away carried its two meanings. Very funny ... very clever, indeed. Great reaction and courageous too

In my day King Henry VIII was slang for an eighth of a gram of weed.

@gillfox9899

7 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking

A long time ago, in the days of the Israelites, there lived a poor man. He had no trouble and strife (wife). She had run off with a tea leaf (thief) some years before and he now lived with his eldest bricks and mortar (daughter) Mary. And being very short of bees and honey (money), unable to pay the Burton On Trent (rent), he was tempted to go into the Bristol city (this is rhyming slang for boobs but I don't think it applies here) and see what he could half inch (pinch, i.e. steal). He would say to Mary, his bricks and mortar (daughter), "I will take a ball of chalk (walk) into the town and buy some tobacco for my cherry ripe (pipe)." And he would put on his arm and rocks (socks) and his dickie dirt (shirt) and his round the houses (trousers) and set off down the frog and toad (road) until he reached the outskirts of the Bristol. And people would stare at him, for his dickie dirt (shirt) was torn. His how do you do's (shoes) were full of holes and his coat was very Westminster Abbey (shabby). He was also somewhat unclean, being too poor to purchase any Cape Of Good Hope (soap). His bushel and peck (neck) was extremely two-thirty (dirty). And people passed by on the other side to avoid the pen and ink (stink). He was truly an ugly man. His north and south (mouth) drooped, his mince pies (eyes) were watery, and he had a big red I suppose (nose). One day, his bricks and mortar (daughter) gave him some money, saying "Here is a saucepan lid (quid), go and buy food; a loaf of Uncle Fred (bread) and a pound of stand at ease (cheese). But do not tarry in the town and bring me back what is left of the money to buy myself some new underwear. I need a new pair of early doors (drawers, slang for underwear). And I am in a continual George Raft (draught)." But instead of returning with the bees and honey (money) for his bricks and mortar's (daughter's) early doors (drawers), he made his way to the rub a dub (pub) for a tumble down the sink (drink) and indulged himself freely on the bottle. And he became very elephant's trunk (drunk) and Mozart (Mozart and Liszt, pissed i.e. another word for drunk). And when the landlord of the rub a dub (pub) called bird lime (time), he set off back towards his cat and mouse (house), reeling about all over the frog and toad (road) and drunkenly humming a stewed prune (tune). And it came to Khyber Pass (no slang here, just pass) that as he staggered along, he saw on the pavement a small brown Richard The Third. And he stared at it, lying at his plates of meat (feet). And he said "Oh small brown Richard The Third, how lucky I am to not step on you. And he picked it up and he put it on top of a wall where no-one could step on it. A rich 4 by 2-ish (Jewish) merchant who witnessed the deed put his hand into his skyrocket (pocket) and took out a Lady Godiva (fiver, five pounds) and handed it to the man, saying "I saw you pick up that Richard The Third and remove it from the pavement. And that was a kindly act. Take this Lady Godiva (fiver) for your froth and bubble (trouble)." The man took it and went on his way. And the Richard The Third (bird) flew back to its nest. When the man arrived home, his daughter was sitting by the Jeremiah (fire) on her favourite Lionel Blair (chair). She arose angrily and said "Once again, you come home elephant's trunk (drunk) and Mozart (Mozart and Liszt, pissed). You have spent all the money I gave you. Now I cannot have my early doors (drawers). Neither can I have wine as you do." And the man said "Fear not, here is a Lady Godiva (fiver) which I earned by a kindly act." And the woman was overjoyed and said "Thank you father. Now I can have my pair of early doors (drawers). Verily, that kindly act has ensured that I have more than enough to cover my bottle and glass (ass)."

The point is that we all thought the small brown Richard III was a turd until it flew away. You correctly divined 'elephant's trunk' which was followed by 'Mozart', which stands for 'Mozart and Liszt'.

Funny as hell 😂😂 I understood every dickie bird and I’m not even cockney

Rhyming slang was invented so that the upper and middle classes couldn't understand what Cockneys were saying to each other. It's even harder than it was in the sketch because you don't usually use the whole phrase, just the first word. So, 'I'm going out with the trouble and strife (wife) for a Ruby Murray' (curry) would just be 'I'm going out with the trouble for a ruby'. You have to know the 'pair' and then rhyme the 2nd word.

Always go for a matching rhyme for the second word in the couplet - "apples & pears" stairs "trouble and strife" wife, and so on

Now how did I miss this back then, at least I cought it via recommendations. Brilliant and yep could see your brains frying, a lot of it is just relaxing and letting the closest sounding word come, but at the rate Ronnie was talking, yep, utter breakdown of the mind haha loved it!

His clothes were Westminstet abbey Shabby.

lol, loved the post, never had such a giraffe in my life! Keep them coming lads. Anyway, I leave you with one of the funniest cockney rhyming slang, 'I am going for an Eartha'😉😉(I am such a child!)'

@grahamholmes9630

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Kitt

I’m from Lincolnshire understand everything most of the cockney I’ve heard from tv in the 80/90s things like minder n only fools n horses so on plus knowing someone 😂 👍✌️

My lingo He had no trouble and strife, she run off with the tea leaf some yrs before, he now lives with his bricks and mortar Mary = he had no wife, she run off with a theif and he now lives with his daughter Mary. The rest of the translation is chargeable lol. The usual two Ronnie's, he even played with the words in slang mode, using the wrong slang term to make a joke, which only a cockney would get. Superb sketch.

These 2 trying to understand rhyming slang is funnier than the actual sketch 😂

This was brilliant to watch! I just about understood it but the joy for my was the totally bamboozled look on your faces. Others have commented the translation so rewatch the sketch and the jokes will be even funnier when it all makes more sense.

The funniest thing about this sketch is you two!! I nearly fell down the apples and pairs!!

If someone is inebriated you'd normally say "He's Brahms"

I love the two Ronnies! Thank you for this!! ❤

Rhyming slang evolves. This was on TV in the mid 70's; since then there have been additions to the lexicon. Ruby Murray is curry Bin Laden is garden Sweaty Sock is jock (or Scottish person). Commodore is £15. (Once, twice, three times a Lady(Godiva))

Great stuff!! lol two Ronnie's fantastic

Brilliant reaction lads, next time you react to a Two Ronnies sketch, I recommend the Argentinian Racing Pigeon sketch!

An absolutely priceless reaction guys , loved it 🇬🇧

Lady Godiva- fiver, it’s a £5 note, so funny, I’m an old cockney, brings back lots of memories from the eastend 😊

Cockney rhyming slang was supposed to have developed by the criminal fraternity to confuse evesdropping police officers. Ditto polari (gay slang.) He led the viewers to believe he was rhyming Richard the Third to "turd", then switched it to "bird".

1) Trouble and Strife Wife 2) Tea Leaf - Thief 3) Bricks and Mortar - Daughter 4) Bees and Honey - Money 5) Burton-on-Trent - Rent 6) Bristol City - ? (Normal means Titties and is said as 'Bristols'. not sure in this context!) 7) Half Inch - Pinch 8) Ball of chalk - Walk 9) Cherry Ripe - Pipe 9a) Almond Rocks - Socks 10) Dicky dirt - Shirt 11) Round the houses - Trousers 12) Frog and Toad - Road 13) How d'ya do's - Shoes 14) Westminster Abbey - Shabby 15) Cape of Good Hope - Soap 16) Bushel and Peck - Cheque (Check) 17) Two-Thirty - Dirty 18) Pen and Ink - Stink 19) North and South - Mouth 20) Mince Pies - Eyes 21) I Suppose - Nose 22) Saucepan Lid - Quid 23) Uncle Fred - Bread 24) Stand at Ease - Cheese 25) Early Doors - Drawers 26) George Raft - Draught 27) Rub-a-Dub - Pub 28) Tumble down the Sink - Drink 29) Elephant's Trunk and Mozart - Drunk & Pissed 30) Bird Lime - Time 31) Cat & Mouse - House 32) Stewed Prune - Tune 33) Richard the Third - Turd or Bird 34) Plates of Meat - Feet 35) Four by Two - Poo 36) Sky Rocket - Pocket 37) Lady Godiva - Fiver (Five Pound Note) 38) Froth and Bubble - Trouble 39) Jeremiah - Fire 40) Lionel Blair - Chair 41) Bottle and Glass - Arse Plus - Cain and Abel - Table, Khyber Pass -Arse You should react to a video, explaining Cockney Rhyming Slang!

@richardwest6358

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As this is a biblical story you are wrong with number 35 as it refers to Jew

@chrisnorman1902

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Bushel and peck is neck

@stevekeeves9363

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Well done, good you put this here, thought someone would

Daniel seems to have a knack to figure these out, he did get a few ones right.

one cockney rhyming slang that has gone into general use (even in the US) is bread - (bread and honey = money)

@neilgayleard3842

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Bees and honey if you don't have any you would be brasit lint.

Loved watching this reaction, you were perfectly baffled 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm a London Welsh, I understood 50% !! 🤔

Cockney rhyming slang is generally words paired together to rhyme with a single word Am going up the apple and pears - stairs Sitting on a Lionel Blair - chair. Basically think of the action - going up - and rhymes with pears sitting on and rhymes with Blair Once you figure the pattern you should be able to do any Cockney Rhyming Slang. Stood on his plates of meat - feet. She had a nice bottle and glass :)

Just to make it more interesting, we would only use one part of the quote, for instance...Frog and Toad is shortened to Frog, going up the Frog=Road, Chris Norman here gives a great breakdown. Sweet as Chris.

At the end of each show the Two Ronnie sketched “ Here is the news”. It wasn’t a recap. They both wrote their own news and never told the other one their gags so they were each hearing the others jokes for the first time. 😊

I once found a cash machine in London where you could choose to have the on screen instructions in English or on cockney rhyming slang. Of course we chose cockney!

Good luck with this lads!!

Mind you, they did misuse "Bristol"/ "Bristol City" for "city", when in _rhyming slang_ it actually refers to a woman's mammary gland.

Some may believe that you two watching this is a waste of time and effort. A learning curve is never a waste of vodka and lime!

Excellent stuff. Brain fry..clicked straight on it

I would love to know what you think of cockney musicians Chas and Dave. One of their classic songs is Rabbit - as in rabbit and pork/talk Chas and Dave - Rabbit Live 1982

Your confusion was priceless!!

I'm Irish and I understood most of it, not all but enough to be able to follow it. Your reaction was just funny. Thank you.

China plate= mate,plates of meat= feet,biscuits & cheese = knees,scotch eggs= legs,mince pies=eyes,bees&honey=money. The list goes on and on and on.its brilliant

I know enough Cockney rhyming slang to get by, but a few of these I had to look up - luckily a lot of it you can guess from context

That was the easy version... The way it is done is to drop the word that rhymes and use the other one. So "Elephant Trunk" (drunk) becomes just Elephant... Therefore "I got drunk" becomes "I got elephant," and so forth.

One thing to remember is that most of these words would be shortened. Like, for instance, China Plate= mate, we would just say, china. i might say, Allo me old china, how do ya fancy a ball down the frog for a tumble in the rubadub. China plate = mate, Ball of chalk = walk, Tumble down the sink = drink, rubadubdub = pub. and Richard the third = Turd. Bottle and Glass = arse. Lady Godiva = fiver, that is a Five Pound Note.

cockney means born within sound of bow church bells, hundreds of years ago the bells would determine the end of the day for workers in east london , it was the irish living in east london who started the rhyming slang to keep their conversations confusing /secret , east london was pretty rough especially in the irish quarters like the fenian barracks ....its still used to this day ingrained in our conversations only we would use the first word of the usual two word rhyme ...example ..call a sherbet i fancy a ruby ,,,,,,,,,,,,sherbet dab means cab & ruby murray means curry , im cockney & my nephew came to stay , he understands the accent but when a few of my friends turned up & left after few hours ..he said to me he hadnt a fukkin clue what we were talkin about ..

Yes fully understood everything, although I'm much older than you both 😁 and I remember seeing this first time around, and have friends from different parts of London

i understood every word

watching you guy's trying to understand cockney is very funny. Chris Norman great job mate

Great reaction, respect from Wales.

First of all got the likes to 277, very happy with that😂and after that just🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣your faces😯😯

Thats the great thing about it;s use - starts off as a rhyme; 'dog & bone = phone' but then often the rhyming part is dropped thus; 'dog = phone'. Whilst music hall (in US vaudeville) spread its use and enlarged it for comic effect - the origins of cockney rhyming slang were to confuse other people, including police, when discussing/making arrangements sometimes on the wrong side of the law. Great reaction

I am wondering if the reason why the English especially don't tend to learn other languages is because we have such a rich and varied language that is hard enough to keep up with. Loving your vids guys keep them coming.

@markthompson1819

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Nope. It's because we're lazy and thick. And it does my noggin in tbh.

Here are some cockney translations for our american cousins ;- Trouble & Strife = Wife, Tealeaf = Thief, Bricks & Mortar = Daughter, Bee`s & Honey = Money, Burton on Trent = Rent, Half Inch = Pinch (steal), Ball of Chalk = Walk, Cherry Ripe = Pipe, Almond Rocks = Socks, Dicky Dirt = Shirt, Round the Houses = Trousers (pants), Howdy Do`s = Shoes, Coat (Westminster Abbey = Shabby (unkempt), Cape of Good Hope = Soap, Bushel & Peck = Neck Extreamly 2.30 = Dirty, Pen & Ink = Stink, North & South = Mouth, Mince Pies = Eyes, A big Red I suppose = Nose, Saucepan lid = quid (£1 note), Loaf of Uncle Fred = Bread, Pound of Standard Ease = Cheese, Early Daws = Draws (womens knickers), George Raft = Draft (cold/chilly) Rub a dub = pub, Tumble Down the Sink = Drink, IM sure others on here will add more

The real meaning of a Richard the 3rd is TURD and everyone there thought the same but the twist was... he named it a bird, which isn't the right term!!! So all thought he was picking up poo!