there is also "advanced cockney rhyming slang"
for example a person's "aris" refers to their (ahem) "behind" because (remember
to say with English accent) :
aris --> aristotle ---> bottle ----> bottle and glass --> ????
Sorta like "an address of an address" ....
Rob Scott
Rocket Software, Inc
275 Grove Street
Newton, MA 02466
617-614-2305
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Subject: Re: Uh, oh ...
Cockney rhyming slang..
"Trouble and strife" = wife
Often not obvious.
There is a tendency with Australians (and to a lesser extent,
English), to come up with oddly created words. Sometimes these words
sort of rhyme with some other word. My mind doesn't work in those
kind of channels. The Aussie slang process is completely alien to
me.
I've seen something similar with teen texting - teens like creating their own
language - and if the etymology doesn't make sense to adults (or other
outsiders) - all the better.
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