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Friday, February 29, 2008

Smiley Translation

posted by on February 29 at 12:02 PM

Reintroducing the man who helped inna city British blacks understand the language of inna city British whites, Smiley Culture.
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He breaks it down like this:


Cockney’s not a Language it is only a slang
And was originated inna England
The first place it was used was over East London
It was respect for the different style pronunciation
But it wasn’t really used by any and any man
Me say strictly con-man also the villain
But through me full up of lyrics and education
Right here now you a go get a little translation

Cockney have name like Terry, Arfur and Del Boy
We have name like Winston, Lloyd and Leroy
We bawl out YOW! While cockneys say OI!
What cockney call a Jack’s we call a Blue Bwoy
Say cockney have mates while we have spar
Cockney live in a drum while we live in a yard
Say we nyam while cockney gwt capture
Cockney say guv’nor. We say Big Bout here
In a de Cockney Translation!
In a de Cockney Translation!


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1

oh, charles. thanks for that. it's like hanging out in the biltmore, circa 1989.

Posted by kerri harrop | February 29, 2008 3:03 PM
2

I love that one song about cops!

Posted by ian j | March 1, 2008 4:03 PM

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