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> Text speak" is unheard of on the streets of London, as the natural ingrained British grammarian simply refuses to stoop to sending messages of the "c u soon t
by willcipriano 4y ago
> Text speak" is unheard of on the streets of London, as the natural ingrained British grammarian simply refuses to stoop to sending messages of the "c u soon traffic kthxbye" variety
Come on now, the streets of London are full of nonsense like this: For example, the word "Aris" is often used to indicate the buttocks. This is the result of a double rhyme, starting with the original rough synonym "arse", which is rhymed with "bottle and glass", leading to "bottle". "Bottle" was then rhymed with "Aristotle" and truncated to "Aris"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang
- swores 4y agoI fear you may have fallen into a trap of reading those words without the humour they were intended to convey.
- willcipriano 4y agoI get the joke and made my own
- toyg 4y agoOnly the unwashed or criminal element will ever use rhyming slang - the whole point of its existence is obfuscation from police eavesdropping. I'll have you know, dear sir, that no respected member of the middle or upper classes should ever be found employing such bastardised lingo. The glorious Empire has no use for such trickery.
- Doctor_Fegg 4y ago> Only the unwashed or criminal element We're talking about PHP here, so yes.
- rkachowski 4y agoSir, I am confounded that you would seek to equate the noble vernacular present betwixt the fine men of industry in Our Great City, with that of the filthy street patois which serves only to tarnish the fine polish of gentlemanly character.
- beardyw 4y agoA rhyming slang version of PHP would balance things out. A new project for someone.