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I ain't got nothing on me.
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Think that's all I can tell you for now?
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I'm going to see a man about an horse.
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Do you know what I mean?
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Alright.
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Cockney rhyming slang.
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First, what is a Cockney?
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A true Cockney is someone born within the sound of the Bow Bells, which is St Marylebow Church in East London.
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Ding, ding.
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Now, of course, Cockney's spread to other parts of England, not just London, Essex, Luton, Leighton Buzzard, to...
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They're all shitholes.
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So why don't you join us for a cup of rosie?
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Put up your plates of meat.
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Plates of meat?
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With your feet.
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My plates of meat.
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Lovely, you should look at his plates of meat, they're like hobbits' feet.
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Yeah, alright John, alright.
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You have to forgive my brother, he's a bit strange.
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Look, I'll teach you how to use the Cockney rhyming slang, how to speak like Cockney.
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It'll just...
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I don't know what it'll do.
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He's off his rocker.
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They're fixing it. So...
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So unless we intend to do this job in Reno, we're in Barney.
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Barney Rubble.
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Trouble!
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Right, what do you think of him?
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He ain't no cockney.
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He was an iron man.
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Now, I know what you're thinking.
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Why speak in a strange way?
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Why change words unnecessarily?
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Well, back in the day, street traders and criminals used to disguise what they were talking about.
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You want to avoid the coppers?
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You've got to be smart.
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Get creative.
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For example, take a word like look.
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We replace that word with a short phrase of two or three words, but that last word must rhyme with the original word.
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Hook, look.
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But then to make it more of a code, we usually just say the first word of that short phrase.
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So for Another example, if I wanted to say let me have a look in cockney rhyming slang, I'd say let me have a butcher's.
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Another example, you want to get your hair cut, hair rhymes with barnet fair, so you could say in cockney rhyming slang get your barnet fair cut.
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You wouldn't say that though, would you?
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Eh?
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You'd only say the first word, you just said so.
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Barnet, get your barnet cut them correctly or don't do it at all Jason.
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Very easy, you have to do it right.
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Yeah he's right, you would just say the first word usually but that isn't always the way we use Cockney Rhyming slang.
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For example, what rhymes with lie?
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Pork pie.
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Alright with this one, pork pies, pie rhymes with lie but we don't simply say porks, we say porkies.
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You tell me porkies?
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What other ones are there?
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I don't Adam and Eve it.
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Adam and Eve.
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Eve's the last word, rhymes with believe, and it's become known as the word I mean believe.
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But with this, you can't just say I don't Adam it.
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That would be crazy.
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You have to use the whole phrase If you tell me pokeys, I won't add them any bit.
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What else is there?
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Just remember, right, there's two different types.
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Some you can break to just the first word of the phrase, others you have to use the whole phrase.
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These examples you can break to just the first word of the phrase.
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Me China plate, me mate.
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Would you like a cup of rosy, me old China?
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Rosie, Rosie Lee, tea.
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Trouble and strife, wife.
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I ain't got a trouble.
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Ruby Murray, curry.
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Went out for a ruby last night.
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Hampsteadeef, teeth.
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You've got some nice Hampsteads there.
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Bubble bath, laugh.
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You're having a bubble.
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You're talking a load of cobblers.
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It's not bubble, it's giraffe.
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You're having a giraffe.
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Cobblers alls, balls.
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Alright, alright, stop rabbiting on, yeah?
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Rabbiting on, rabbit and pork, talk.
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These ones we usually say as a whole phrase.
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Dog and bone, telephone.
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Can someone get me a dog and bone?
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Apples and pears, stairs.
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Where's your missus?
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Shout out the apples and pears.
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Tea leaf, thief.
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Arfinch, pinch.
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Oi, have you arfinched my shoes?
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Maybe.
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You too, Leaf.
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Boat race?
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That's your face.
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You're looking a bit dirty, mate.
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What's your boat race?
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Egg Marvin.
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Starvin.
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Can we go get a ruby, please, Jason?
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I'm Egg Marvin.
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Lady Godiva?
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Fiver.
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Got a Lady Godiva I could borrow?
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Berkshire Hunt.
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It means you're a...
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Oh, right, that's enough, that's enough.
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John, you can't say that with this.
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However, Courtney rhyming slang nowadays, we don't really use it.
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Well, it seems antiquated now.
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It only is in jest, really.
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Also, if you wanted to, you don't have to just use these ones.
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You can make up your own.
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I'm going to go to the toilet and have a bread pit.
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Well, it appears it's time for a test.
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I hope you're paying attention to all that.
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Oh, if you write in your mint pie, smash all of your hamsters, and then I'll break both your bacon's and probably your loaf and all.
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Then you'll be as the right barney, won't you? Are you ready?
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Porky's.
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Don't tell me any porkies.
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What's the cup of Rosie?
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What are your rambsters?
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Barnet.
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Get your barnet cup.
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What's that?
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You ain't got nowhere to cut, Jason.
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John, stop!
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Alright, calm down.
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I'm sorry for rabbiting on, Jason, but you're being a burk.
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Alright, rabbit on, talk a lot.
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Gotta calm it down, mate.
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Sometimes you just go too fine.
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Probably say me throat hurts.
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Notice again, my becomes me, THs become F sounds, throat.
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What a.
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This is sometimes represented by an apostrophe.
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It sounds like the middle of an O.

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Contesto e sfondo: il Cockney rhyming slang nella vita quotidiana

Il video ci introduce al Cockney rhyming slang, una lingua informale nata a Londra orientale, tra i mercanti e i criminali che la usavano per nascondere i propri discorsi ai poliziotti. Oggi, è soprattutto usata in modo giocoso, ma capirla e usarla può fare la differenza nel tuo inglese parlato! I Cockney sono coloro nati entro il suono delle campane di Bow Bells, ma la slang si è diffusa in molte parti d'Inghilterra. Ecco come funziona: sostituisci una parola con una frase che rima con essa, poi usa spesso solo la prima parola della frase. Facile, no?

Top 5 frasi per comunicare quotidianamente

  • "Cuppa rosey": Significa "tazza di tè". Perfetto per un break con gli amici! "Vuoi un cuppa rosey, caro?"
  • "Barnet": Deriva da "Barnet Fayre" e significa "capelli". "Devo tagliare il barnet" = "Devo tagliarmi i capelli".
  • "Porkies": Da "pork pie" (torta di maiale), che rima con "lie" (bugia). "Non farmi i porkies!" = "Non mentimi!".
  • "Apples and pears": Rima con "stairs" (scale). "Lei è su per gli apples and pears" = "Lei è in salita".
  • "Dog and bone": Rima con "phone" (telefono). "Passami il dog and bone" = "Passami il telefono".

Guida passo passo per lo shadowing: imita e migliora

Lo shadowing in inglese è il metodo perfetto per imparare questa slang! Ecco come fare:

  1. Ascolta e ripeti immediatamente: Pausa il video dopo ogni frase e imita l'intonazione e il ritmo. I Cockney parlano velocemente, quindi concentra ti sulle pause e sulle sfumature vocali.
  2. Focus sulle frasi brevi: Partiti da "cuppa rosey" o "barnet" per esercitarti a usare solo la prima parola. Poi passa a frasi più lunghe come "apples and pears".
  3. Crea le tue frasi: Il video dice che puoi inventare le tue slang! Prova con "cat and mouse" per "house" (casa) o "sun and moon" per "spoon" (cucchiaio). Divertiti!
  4. Usa un shadowing site: Trova piattaforme che ti permettono di registrare la tua voce e confrontarla con l'originale. Così noterai i differenze e migliorerai velocemente.
Con lo shadow speak, non solo impari la slang, ma anche a parlare con confidenza. Ricorda: il segreto è la pratica costante. In poco tempo, parlerai come un vero Cockney (o quasi!)!

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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