yes, when Americans do use rhyming substitution wordplay it is in the service of hilarious jokes (see also: Arrested Development), not making regular vernacular speech impenetrable to people who didn't grow up on the same block as you
Is the average american capable of working out rhyming wordplay for themselves without an instruction manual?
Fucking redditors popularised indicators for sarcasm because they can't work out or commit to obvious jokes. It's noticably different on the British subs where people hate that shit and will commit to a bit properly.
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American idioms don't tend to involve rhyming substitution wordplay, I'll give 'em that much
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yes, when Americans do use rhyming substitution wordplay it is in the service of hilarious jokes (see also: Arrested Development), not making regular vernacular speech impenetrable to people who didn't grow up on the same block as you
well cockney rhyming slang was developed in order to be hard to understand so when read in court it just sounds like gibberish
Anti-Bobby action, I can respect that
Idk Ive never had anyone not explain slang to me if Im confused unless they are deliberately fucking with me.
But I guess that isnt specifically British slang so maybe brits are just assholes.
Is the average american capable of working out rhyming wordplay for themselves without an instruction manual?
Fucking redditors popularised indicators for sarcasm because they can't work out or commit to obvious jokes. It's noticably different on the British subs where people hate that shit and will commit to a bit properly.
Absolutely not. This is one of the ways we work out who to look down on culturally in the absence of a hereditary aristocracy