Parents Back Then and Nowadays

I called my dad and he has a mild British accent that I don’t really notice, but everybody else does. He says:

  1. Both pail and bucket
  2. What’s up, what’s good, how’s it going and how are you
  3. Soda

And of course, he says… HELLA! (I’ve taught him well)

He also tries to say ratchet and all the slang words that my friends and I use to try and be hip, but to also bother us.

Some slang words that he claimed to have used but is still used back then are:

-Brilliant

-Bog…Toilet

-Fab…Fabulous

In London, many of the people who live in the East End speak with a Cockney accent (which is considered “ghetto”) but here’s some slang that many people from London used back then as well:

-Apples and pears…stairs

-Dog and bone…phone

-Whistle and flute … nice suit

a)Pool/pull sound similar but have a slight difference if you pronounce the vowels correctly.

b)Feel/fill sound similar but the double e has a longer pull on the word, the i cuts it short.

c)Bat/bad/bot all sound different.

d)Caller/collar sound exactly the same to me but if you know the spelling and context you know the difference.

 

One Comment  to  Parents Back Then and Nowadays

  1. dsbigham says:

    Ooo… these Cockney examples you gave are a special kind of slang called “Cockney rhyming slang”. Very cool. Does your dad actually use rhyming slang, or does he just know about it?

    -dsb