Rhyming Slang

Another post gave me an idea to start this thread.  In an effort to learn and to be able to understand Brits better, please list some rhyming slang that you know, and where in the world it came from.

Here's 2 that I know so far:

Hampsteads are teeth.
Hampstead Heath = heath = teeth

A porkie is a lie.  (thanks AnneG for this one)
Porkie = pork pie = lie

Next?   

I know some naughty ones that I wont share

Lets see if I can remember some of the nice ones

Apples and pears=stairs
jam jar=car
mickey mouse=house
dog and bone=phone

I'll have to keep coming back and modifying this as I remember more - dh uses a bunch of them, but it's hard to think of them off the top of my head.

creamy crackered = knackered
rub-a-dub = pub
reggie = reggie blinker = stinker (no, I don't get that one at all and dh is asleep - will ask when he gets up)

I'll add more as I think of them.

using your loaf..  since bread  rhymes with head.. loaf of bread..  use your head..  

don't know where it comes from..

Oh no, Pebbles, I want to hear the dirty ones.   

septic tank = yank
trouble & strife = wife
brittany spears = tears

(lots more I've never heard of...... http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/default.asp )

Here are a few of the more commonly known ones.  Some are often used with just the first word (e.g. "Use your loaf") while others are more commonly heard as the full expression (e.g. "What a north & south he's got").

Plates = Plates of meat = Feet (as in what you walk on, not the unit of measurement)
Barnet = Barnet Fair = Hair
Loaf = Loaf of bread =  Head
Mince pies = Eyes
North & South = Mouth

Frog = Frog & toad = Road
Brown bread = Dead
Mutt & Jeff = Deaf
Rabbit = Rabbit & pork = Talk (generally meaning to talk profusely)

China (as in "'Allo me old China") = China plate = Mate
Whistle = Whistle & flute = Suit
Dog = Dog & bone = Phone
Trouble = Trouble & strife = Wife
Saucepan lids = Kids

Bristol(s) = Bristol City/Cities = Er..... You can work this one out for yourself!  It refers to a part of the female anatomy.   

Contributions from DH:

Butcher's = butcher's hook = look
Ruby = Ruby Murray = curry
Aris = Aristotle = Bottle = Bottle and glass = ar*e
Plates = plates of meat = feet
Wooden tops = cops
Britneys = Britney Spears = beers
Gregory = Gregory Peck = neck
Pen and ink = stink

And yes - we want the naughty ones too!

Carolyn B

And yes - we want the naughty ones too!

Honestly, you lot!       

There are one or two which came into fairly common usage outside Cockney circles without people realizing the crude origins.    Like calling someone stupid a "Berk" for example.   

Gypsies = gypsies kiss = p**s
Syrup = syrup of figs = wigs
Tea leaf = thief


Carolyn B

Gypsies = gypsies kiss = p**s

The politer version is "Going for a Jimmy."

Jimmy = Jimmy Riddle = Piddle.   

Edited to add:
Hence the seaside postcard humor in the likes of the "Carry On..." films with names such as "Private Widdle."

Honestly, you lot!        

Hey Paul - I know you Norfolk lads can be just as naughty as anyone! ;-)  My DH is originally from Norwich -- grew up in Horsford there, parents now live in Ringland.  One of the first dialect things he taught me:

'e come from Swaffham, where 'ey don't know nuffin', but just keep on trashin'  (in Norfok dialect of course)

Love hearing his mum say things like 'bootiful' and 'hooge'...

Carolyn B

Hey Paul - I know you Norfolk lads can be just as naughty as anyone! ;-) 

Hey, don't look at me -- I'm a foreigner here myself!      

I've been in Norfolk 8 years now since I came back to England from Nebraska, but I'm London/Home counties originally.   I still have trouble understanding some of the real old Norfolk "characters" around here. 

I'm only about 20 miles from Norwich -- Right on  the coast between Happisburgh and Sea Palling.

hmmm....cant remember what "Raspberry ripple" is slang for.  



http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/

OK, now they're flooding back to me - dh uses "gregory" and "ruby" ALL THE TIME.