The Long Awaited Arrival Of The Infamous Agent14.. You're Welcome

[fm1978]

 

Ooh, ill have to have a butchers for them now.

Welcome agent 14!

Butcher?!?!  You have me scared now ... 

   . Or is the butcher for someone else? 

 

 
Tehe, aww, don't be scared...it's Cockney Rhyming Slang...
 
Butchers' Hook = Look
Apples 'n' Pears = Stairs
Pete Tong = Wrong
 
Perfectly innocent, as you can see...

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Innocent? Yes.
 
Logical?  No.

 

[fm1978]

Innocent? Yes.
 
Logical?  No.

 
Londoners...go figure! 

 

[Zikofski]

a bit late but welcome to the forum, when you have enough posts please come and check us out in the chat section, also I LOVE Scuba diving i kinda love the equipment around me makes me feel safe and secure strangely

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Yeah... a shark won't eat a "fish" that's making bubbles. <_<

 

[the_lock_man]

 

Innocent? Yes.
 
Logical?  No.

 
Londoners...go figure! 
 

 
I understand that it stems from London's criminal community. They didn't want to be overheard by the police, so they decided to talk in a kind of code, where they used a phrase which rhymed with the word they wanted to use. OK, so not a difficult code to crack, but hey Londoners.... go figure! It goes back to the 18th or 19th century.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Are you calling Shelster a criminal?

 

[Agent14]

 

 


Ooh, ill have to have a butchers for them now.

Welcome agent 14!

Butcher?!?!  You have me scared now ... 

   . Or is the butcher for someone else? 

 

 
Tehe, aww, don't be scared...it's Cockney Rhyming Slang...
 
Butchers' Hook = Look
Apples 'n' Pears = Stairs
Pete Tong = Wrong
 
Perfectly innocent, as you can see...
 


Innocent? oh that sucks. haha. 
Logical..Umm ..yea, no. 
 
haha Eagle. "Yeah... a shark won't eat a "fish" that's making bubbles. <_<" 
TRue! Well no but I hear we taste gross so don't worry about sharks eating you or your bubbles. They'll just bite and spit you out. Nothing to fear. 

    I'll let you know when I get back from my trip later this month how that theory goes.  My daughter really wants to snorkel while I might scuba to play with sharks . 

 

 


Innocent? Yes.
 
Logical?  No.

 
Londoners...go figure! 
 

 
I understand that it stems from London's criminal community. They didn't want to be overheard by the police, so they decided to talk in a kind of code, where they used a phrase which rhymed with the word they wanted to use. OK, so not a difficult code to crack, but hey Londoners.... go figure! It goes back to the 18th or 19th century.
 


Oh wow.. you verify this as actual fact. I'll have to use this on my British ex when I see him next and see if he looks at me like I have 3 heads or be impressed with my stupidity 

 

[dgwebster]

Wait till you reach Scotland. My home town has its very own dialect, here is one sentence (and this is "English")

Ah'll hae eh peh, a bridie, an inginganeanah an ah'll tak a telly tae.

For reference, Dundee used to be the largest jute producer in the world and was extremely industrial as a result. This way of talking came about in order to be heard over the noise of the machinery. Today, it is known for having more supermarkets per sq mile than what should ever be possible, a world leading cancer research lab and an associated hospital with something like 39 miles of corridors.

 

[Agent14]

Wait till you reach Scotland. My home town has its very own dialect, here is one sentence (and this is "English")

Ah'll hae eh peh, a bridie, an inginganeanah an ah'll tak a telly tae.

For reference, Dundee used to be the largest jute producer in the world and was extremely industrial as a result. This way of talking came about in order to be heard over the noise of the machinery. Today, it is known for having more supermarkets per sq mile than what should ever be possible, a world leading cancer research lab and an associated hospital with something like 39 miles of corridors.

Nah.. I heard it was because the pubs are loud and they needed to be heard over the other loud drunks. 

 

[dgwebster]

That was a by-product, just like Scotch. And yeah I seemed to be louder than Texans havin a yee-haw

 

[Shelster]

However I am no Londoner, I also use "aye" for yes to totally confuse people

 

[dgwebster]

I have a tendency to answer my phone at work with ¿Buenõs días, que tal? and end it with ¡Hasta luego! whilst using ja öder nein in between.

If I recognise the caller I also sometimes use "yellow" instead of hello and chuck in the odd "soggy biscuits" at the end, see if they notice.

 

[Shelster]

Hmmm, soggy biscuits??

I use the dog and bone, I have always wondered what the Scottish (excuse spelling, I can totally say it to you but hope by my spelling you know what I mean?.) "ah cairne" means??

 

[Agent14]

I have a tendency to answer my phone at work with ¿Buenõs días, que tal? and end it with ¡Hasta luego! whilst using ja öder nein in between.

If I recognise the caller I also sometimes use "yellow" instead of hello and chuck in the odd "soggy biscuits" at the end, see if they notice.

hahaha. I answer in German sometimes to mess with people. Or any other crazy random way I want to. 

However I am no Londoner, I also use "aye" for yes to totally confuse people

I do that too but because I do so much boating... they just claim I'm part pirate.