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minus-squaresupafuzz [comrade/them]hexbear21·2 years agoyes, 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 link
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear18·2 years agowell cockney rhyming slang was developed in order to be hard to understand so when read in court it just sounds like gibberish link
minus-squareHuldra [they/them, it/its]hexbear4·2 years agoIdk 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. link
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.