hmmm, well what rhymes with kettle besides mettle and settle?
bettle
cettle
dettle
fettle
gettle
hettle
jettle
lettle
nettle
pettle...petal! or possible pedal?
hmmm, well what rhymes with kettle besides mettle and settle?
bettle
cettle
dettle
fettle
gettle
hettle
jettle
lettle
nettle
pettle...petal! or possible pedal?
Kettle and hob=fob (fob watch).
Does that make more sense?.
haha NO!
1. How was I supposed to guess fob when I didn't even get the "hob" part in the original question. Do kettle and hob naturally go together? I'm not being sarcastic, I don't know what a hob IS?
2. I don't know of or have ever heard of a fob, whether it be a fob watch or fob refrigerator or fob dog.
3. I suck at this.
The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!
btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...
The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!
btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...
Here are some more common ones...
Loaf of bread
Brown bread
Trouble & strife
Donkey's ears
Whistle & flute
tit for tat
I have enough trouble with American English...so...this is impossible for me, but it is interesting...I do speak really good Spanglish though...
1. How was I supposed to guess fob when I didn't even get the "hob" part in the original question. Do kettle and hob naturally go together? I'm not being sarcastic, I don't know what a hob IS?
2. I don't know of or have ever heard of a fob, whether it be a fob watch or fob refrigerator or fob dog.
3. I suck at this.
That is all.
Lol.You dont suck at this,I admire your efforts.
There are still lots of words that I dont know and others that I come accross that I havent heard of before and I only live 40 miles from London.
Only the other day someone told me "get that down your gregory" and I hadnt heard it before.
A hob is the hotplate on top of a stove,I didnt know that hob isnt used in america,See we both learnt something.
The whole point of cockney slang was that 'outsiders' should not know what was being said...add in a language divide, and it's no wonder you are struggling!!
btw, a hob is the bit of a cooker that you put pots and pans on to heat...and before the days of electrickery, you would heat a kettle on a hob...
Here are some more common ones...
Loaf of bread
Brown bread
Trouble & strife
Donkey's ears
Whistle & flute
tit for tat
Well I understand that. But it's like me asking if anyone can think of any words that rhyme with Chicago, and when no one can I say Oh I meant Chicago BULL. The answer is Pull. A rudimentary example but you get my drift. I at least need the whole phrase to have some chance at guessing it.
Well I understand that. But it's like me asking if anyone can think of any words that rhyme with Chicago, and when no one can I say Oh I meant Chicago BULL. The answer is Pull. A rudimentary example but you get my drift. I at least need the whole phrase to have some chance at guessing it.
Okay, okay....
Use your loaf
My mobile is brown bread...no signal
Get caught on here by your trouble and strife and you are in deep shit!
haven't seen Naz on here in donkey's
You look smart in your new whistle....reckon you need a titfer to go with that!
No...pub names are a whole different subject...and usually have nothing to do with slang.
Use your loaf - loaf of bread - head
Brown bread - dead
Trouble & strife - wife
Now some of it is starting to sound familiar...
Use your....loaf----Almost any phrase in the US that starts with "Use your..." generally points to using your head. (i.e. 'Use your noodle')
Brown Bread is not something I have heard but your example was fairly transparent.
I think I have actually heard "trouble & strife" as a reference to one's wife, but it definitely isn't common. It is more likely to have been shortened to " here comes trouble"... It better be said "tongue in cheek" with a smile, a wink and a kiss...or there will be trouble.
Use your....loaf----Almost any phrase in the US that starts with "Use your..." generally points to using your head. (i.e. 'Use your noodle')
Brown Bread is not something I have heard but your example was fairly transparent.
I think I have actually heard "trouble & strife" as a reference to one's wife, but it definitely isn't common. It is more likely to have been shortened to " here comes trouble"... It better be said "tongue in cheek" with a smile, a wink and a kiss...or there will be trouble.
Damn, the tea party was a long time ago.
Apparently not.
