Slang. Varieties of British slang

1. Slang

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• Slang (non-standard, unconventional language)
is very informal use of words and phrases for
more colorful or peculiar style of expression
that is shared by the people in the same social
subgroup, for example, computer slang, sports
slang, military slang, musicians' slang,
students' slang, underworld slang, etc.

3. Slang is not used by the majority of native speakers and many people consider it vulgar, though quite a few slang phrases have

already come into standard usage. Slang
contains many obscene and offensive words
and phrases. It also has many expressions
that are acceptable in informal
communication. Slang is highly idiomatic.

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Laughing Out Loud
дословно: громко, вслух смеясь

6. Varieties of British slang

• 1. Cockney rhyming slang
Rhyming slang use in the East End of London, replaces
a word with a phrase which rhymes with the word.
For the first time the cockney rhymed slang was created
in the XVII-th century and Londoners from East End
were its first speakers. It was the Lover class of an
English society - workers, sellers, ship builders– all
who lived below the poverty line.

7. Loaf of Bread = Head(голова) Think! Use your Loaf of Bread!(Давай, подумай головой!) Adam and Eve = Believe(верить) Would you

Adam and Eve it?(Ты бы
поверил этому?)
Britney Spears =Beers(Пиво)
Let's go for a few Britney Spears!( Пойдем,
пивка попьем!)

8. Видео № 1

9. Текст к видео Whatcha me old china plate. Here am I doin a bit of graft in the states, but wot a culture shock I ad wif the ole

nosebag! ha can ya ‘ave your elevensies
wifaht a nice cuppa rosy lea? and I was in a right
two-and-eight wif me afters as well. No pudding, no
custard, no scones, no clotted cream. … What a
choker. But I've ad a right result, Ive sussed it aht (
ere, come ere ).
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10. Now for the TRANSLATION Watcha = Hello Привет Me old china plate ( sometimes abbr to- me old china - or china ) = Mate or

friend (напарник или друг)
Graft = Hard Work
States = USA
Nosebag = Food ( from the bag horses used to wear around
their neck containing oats etc. whilst working all day on
London streets )
Elevensies = Tea break ( the approx time (11 o'clock) the
British worker takes his mid-morning break )
Wifaht = without

11. Cuppa Rosie Lea = Cup of tea ( abbr - cuppa rosie ) Two an eight = State Afters = Dessert ( as in - after the main course )

What a choker = That's a dissapointment
A right result = Been lucky
I've sussed it aht = I've figured it out
Ere, come ere = Listen to me
Trouble and strife = Wife
Ag wiv yer grub = Difficulty ( ag = aggravation )
finding suitable food

12. Back slang Back slang is an English language in which the written word is spoken phonemically backwards This type of slang was

invented by
street vendors

13. Boy-yob apple – elppa girl – elrig penny – yennep “have you a bit of tobacco?” “vatch you a tib of occabot?”

14. Polari

Polari is a variety of slang used by gay men
and lesbians in Britain and the United
Kingdom, which has a history going back at
least a hundred years.

15. Видео № 2

16. Horne: Would I have vada’d any of them do you think? Sandy: Oooaaawwh! He’s got all the Palare, ain’t he? Julian: [archly] I

wonder where he picks it up?
Хорни: Должен ли я увидеть кого-нибудь из
них, как вы думаете?
Сенди: Ааааа! Ты это слышал?! Он говорит
на полари!
Джулиан (насмешливо): Интересно мне, у кого
это он такого набрался?