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Old 07-17-2012, 11:41 AM  
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Originally Posted by F-U-Jimmy View Post
Cliff Richard's and the Shadows are they still alive. Its been 18 years since i left the UK i should go back one day and catch up. I bet fucking East Enders is still running and Coronation Street ?

Richard the Third =Turd
Plates of Meat = Feet
Apples and Pairs= Stairs
North and South = Mouth
Cockneys usually only say the first word though... so "Shut your north" means "Shut your mouth". And if you ask a mate "How's the trouble?", you're inquiring about his wife (Trouble & Strife = Wife).

I grew up on a council estate in south-east London, and pretty much everyone there talked like this.
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