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Teach me london slang
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:15 am
by daneford
I keep hearing interesting slang on these forums, as well as on Arular by MIA
for example, "riddim", "init" (I think that's slang for "isn't it?" right?), etc.
I'm from Canada you see
Re: Teach me london slang
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:04 am
by Jennifer
daneford wrote:I keep hearing interesting slang on these forums, as well as on Arular by MIA
for example, "riddim", "init" (I think that's slang for "isn't it?" right?), etc.
I'm from Canada you see
lol if you just stick around for a while you'll get it!
maybe you'll even start using it yourself...
Re: Teach me london slang
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:40 am
by echo wanderer
daneford wrote:I
for example, "riddim"
Riddim is actually Jamaican.It's really just a accent ting.For example:ting.
Re: Teach me london slang
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:47 am
by Jennifer
Echo Wanderer wrote:daneford wrote:I
for example, "riddim"
Riddim is actually Jamaican.It's really just a accent ting.For example:ting.
big tings!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:29 am
by paolo
If you want people to think you're from london say 'gawberloimy' all the time. And call it 'laaaaaaahnnnndaaaaaahhhnnnn'
Re: Teach me london slang
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:40 am
by echo wanderer
[quote="Jennifer"][/quote]
^^^
Purty lil' ting!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:18 am
by metalboxproducts
What are you on about?
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:35 pm
by thomas
Teach you london slang? may i ask why
this forums bigger than London, and London slang certainly aint cool, so why learn it?
Learn maths
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:54 pm
by d_three
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:44 pm
by bagelator
cockney sonia is a place in london where criminals live
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:40 pm
by daneford
ok well not necessarily london slang, but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang
so what's a riddim?
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:48 pm
by Jennifer
daneford wrote:ok well not necessarily london slang, but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang
so what's a riddim?
what's it sound like it means?
:edit: p.s. i'm not trying to be rude just curious as to what your guess would be. it's not so hard, maybe you're thinking about it too much
Re: Teach me london slang
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:00 pm
by Jennifer
Echo Wanderer wrote:Jennifer wrote:
^^^
Purty lil' ting!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:49 pm
by tronman
bagelator wrote:cockney sonia is a place in london where criminals live
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:48 pm
by thomas
daneford wrote: but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:54 pm
by Jennifer
Thomas wrote:daneford wrote: but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang
lol
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:52 am
by echo wanderer
daneford wrote:ok well not necessarily london slang, but dubstep/grime/dancehall slang
so what's a riddim?
Riddim = Rythym=Beat=Dub=Life.
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:56 am
by daneford
oh man I can't believe I didn't piece that one together. Seems obvious now
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:14 am
by cody
pie
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:34 pm
by obiwan
sorry: Showerman, yawn: Gangster
Gully: Ghetto, dangerous,
Peng: Description of good weed, also a favbourable description of anything
Persy: Personal stash of drugs/choice/favourite
Chirps: To chat up the oppposite sex
Jack Jones: Rhyming slang "on my- Jack Jones; own"
Reload: Rewind on the record decks
Shank: Knife
Skank: Bobbing Dance acheived by bending knees
Bora: Knife
Wasteman/gash: Unfavourable/unsavoury person
Mash: Gun, knife?
On road: On the roads, streets,
Brass: No, or little money
Snout: Cigarette
Chip: piece of cigarette
Zoot: Spliff, Joint
Nugget: Pound coin
Score: Twenty pounds
Bens: Ten pounds
Dives, Jacks: Five Pounds
Cuff, gakk, : Cocaine
Beans, Gills: Ecstacy tablets
Bless: Greeting, farewell
