Prática de Shadowing: How Cockneys REALLY Use Rhyming Slang! - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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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.

O cenário: como os cockneys usam a gíria rítmica no cotidiano

No vídeo, vemos uma conversa animada entre dois irmãos explicando a gíria rítmica cockney, uma forma de fala tradicional de Londres. Eles usam exemplos práticos, como "butcher's" (para "look") ou "barnet" (para "hair"), mostrando como essa linguagem surgiu para disfarçar conversas diante de policiais ou rivais. Hoje, ela é usada mais para brincadeira, mas ainda é uma parte vibrante da cultura britânica. Essa situação real é perfeita para a prática de conversação em inglês, pois combina humor, contexto e dicas de pronúncia.

Trechos úteis e colocações para memorizar

  • "You tellin' me porkies?" (Estás a me contar mentiras?) – Usa "porkies" (de "pork pie", que rima com "lie") para falar de mentiras.
  • "Get your barnet cut" (Corta o cabelo) – "Barnet" vem de "Barnet Fayre", que rima com "hair".
  • "I'm Hank Marvin'" (Estou com fome) – Uma referência ao músico, que rima com "starvin'" (faminto).
  • "Stop rabbiting on" (Para de falar sem parar) – "Rabbit" rima com "chat", e "rabbiting on" significa chatter.
  • "You're in Barney" (Estás em problemas) – De "Barney Rubble", que rima com "trouble".

Seu desafio de shadowing: imite o sotaque e o ritmo

Para treinar a pronúncia e a fluência, faça o shadow speak com um trecho do vídeo. Escolha uma parte curta (como a explicação de "butcher's" ou "barnet") e reproduza-a imediatamente, tentando igualar o tom, a velocidade e as pausas. Isso ajuda a internalizar a melodia da língua e a usar as expressões de forma natural. Use um shadowing site para gravar sua voz e comparar com o original – você vai notar como a prática diária melhora sua confiança na shadow speech. Lembre: o objetivo é se divertir enquanto aprende, como os cockneys fazem com sua gíria!

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.

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