funny signs

Well I think my favourite is just "berk" in the sense of getting to call people cunts without them knowing.

But I before learning it, I had like always wondered things like... for instance, why it's called "blowing raspberries", when in my native language is more or less likened to fart-noises. But then I learned that "blowing raspberries" comes from "raspberry tart" = "fart". But that's not on my top list, but discovering it was.

Rhyming slang lives so much and is so subjective that I have a hard time with it, as to actually be able to speak it would probably necessitate living in London because it changes so fast in general.

Probably the first things I learned was "having a butcher's (hook)" = a look, and "apples and pears" = stairs.

I wouldn't say I know London rhyming slang, but I can make out some of it. Like I can't list all the times it's helped me understand what a character was saying because it just made sense after knowing that my brain just has to look for the "correct" rhyme. But equally as many, nay, many more times when I've just gone "okay that was prolly rhyming slang but I don't know what for" unless it's something painfully obvious from context.

Like this reminds me of Jim Jefferies in "the Librarians" acting as a Londoner doing rhyming slang. I'll see if I can find the clip. Nope. Nowhere to be found. I'll illegally download it quickly and upload it to youtube. Here. It's funny because it's like an American writers version of what London rhyming slang is, I like the show and Jim Jefferies anyway, and they use it well enough. But that's not "authentic" as it were. But like it shouldn't be hard even for people somewhat unfamiliar to rhyme "Patrick Swayze" with "crazy", especially given the context. It might take a few minutes to upload and hopefully won't be censored instantly. Sorry for just uploading a clip I filmed from a screen on my phone but my premiere didn't have codecs and I was too lazy and inebriated to install any, this seemed simpler. Am no video editor.