Counterpoint.. Busta Rosemary & Thymes. #CockneyRhymingSlang

Remembering the legendary Chas Hodges, born #OnThisDay in 1943, and warm and funny to the end.

“We knew the importance of only doing songs that you really believed in.”

📷 Chas and Dave, 1975 (Michael Putland).

#ChasAndDave #Rockney #pubrock #chashodges #rock #london #cockney #cockneyrhymingslang

Camden Lock, surely?
#cockneyrhymingslang

Plates and Feet 🍽 🦶

Or

Plates Of Meat 🍽 🥩

If you're of the Cocker-Knee persuasion 😜

My boots may be burgundy but my legs qualify for #WeekJforJetBlack

#AlphabetChallenge #Selfie #Photography #SelfPortrait #ShopFrontFriday #Prestwich #CockneyRhymingSlang #Shop #WindowsOnWednesday #Reflection

What did her in? Was she a coeliac? Was she suffocated by the plastic bag? So many questions.
#scriptsky #booksky #writing #wordplay #cockneyrhymingslang

Now I'm seriously considering changing my username to Lorna Doone Pedaler
#cockneyrhymingslang

I just learned that referring to money as 'bread' originates from #cockneyrhymingslang for money - bread and honey. Love that! I mean, turtle dove.

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Whatever you do, don't mention Syrup of Figs !
#Cockneyrhymingslang

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 18 February 2025 (holoalphabetic month theme): R is for “Rosie Lee”, #Cockneyrhymingslang (originally #WWI military slang) for tea en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Affordable art: the House of Harley's Etsy store has a growing range of collectible, limited edition, pocket-sized #artbooks, with highlights from the sketchbooks of our #fashionillustration, #urbansketching, #occult, #figuredrawing and #cockneyrhymingslang teams.
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If interested in English language with its 40+ regional variations, check out free online event The changing voice of Cockney on Thurs March 5
My fave #CockneyRhymingSlang is 'Hank Marvin' = ?
What's yours?
One of 20+ events in this year's #ModernCockneyFestival @bbclondon.bsky.social