I’ll start with a confession: I didn’t really understand the logic behind cockney rhyming slang until about three years ago. Yes, it took me 27 years to twig that the slang words were designed to ...

Every region of London has its own accent, dialect and even language. While it may all be English, to some untrained ears, it might not always sound like English. Those used to the prim and proper of ...

A place where everyone is looking ahead eagerly, we must presume - to the opening of the Olympics this summer. NPR's London-based correspondent, Philip Reeves, sends us an occasional letter about the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Would you Adam and Eve it? Cockney rhyming slang is brown bread. According to a survey, the famous lingo which developed in the working class east end of London in the 19th century ...

Over the next three months, a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw cash using written prompts in Cockney rhyming slang, the area's colorful and often ...

LONDON — You'd better get ready to use your loaf if you want to get your hands on some bread. Over the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw ...

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