Language course for Aussie BBQ (Lesson 2) (page 2)

safe4kids

Ozzie,

I LOVE these posts...but I have to ask...

WHAT THE HELL IS A SHEILA???

Thanks,

Dana

"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
Somebody else

Prisca

Dana,

I'll give you a clue : you & I are the only "sheilas" to have responded to this thread!

expatbrit

All this Australian-specific terminology/slang is just silly.

You wouldn't catch the Brits doing stuff like that.

I mean, would you Adam and Eve it?

Expatbrit, definitely not a Sheila

Thanks Prisca...I think I've figured out what a sheila is...an intelligent person??? LOL...Actually, I love this aussie speak. What is it about you aussies and UKers that makes you such wits?? And expatbrit..."Adam and Eve" it? ROFLMAO...I can only imagine what that one means!!

Thanks everyone, I needed a laugh

Dana

"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
Somebody else

ozziepost

G'day safe4kids,

Let me be of assistance. It's quite simple really. Some of the Brits use cockney speech which utilises a rhyming slang.

This 'apples and pears' becomes 'stairs'. It rhymes. Get it.
So what would 'Adam & Eve' rhyme with? The answer is: 'believe'.
Cool, eh?

Cheers,

Ozzie

Freedom is not having to wear a tie.

Ozzie

ozziepost

G'day Safe4kids,

It's quite simple really; it's called rhyming slang. It's common among the cockney folk in London.

As an example 'apples and pears' means 'stairs'.

So what would 'Adam & Eve' be? Answer: 'Believe'. It rhymes. Get it?

Cool, eh?

Cheers,

Ozzie

Freedom is not having to wear a tie.

Stephanus

True rhyming slang drops the bit that rhymes, generally. Thus: "A load of old cobblers' awls (balls!)" becomes "A load of old cobblers". "Plates of meat (feet)" becomes "plates", and so on. In Oz, courtesy of the fact that the early settlers were originally prisoners and their warders from the East End of London, we too have a heritage of rhyming slang. I also find it interesting that until recently, any attempt by Americans on TV to do an Aussie accent ended up sounding Cockney. Rocko's Modern Life is one of the first shows which has an almost passable Aussie accent.

Language course for Aussie BBQ (Lesson 2)

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