Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
brown bread [Cockney rhyming slang = dead]
French translation:
mort
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Dec 13, 2010 22:42
13 yrs ago
English term
brown bread
English to French
Art/Literary
Slang
Cockney
If Old John was brown bread, would you be able to get
hold of him?
Trying to find partners for a scam ...
partant ?
Bon pour le service ?
Ou suis-je totalement à côté de la plaque ?
hold of him?
Trying to find partners for a scam ...
partant ?
Bon pour le service ?
Ou suis-je totalement à côté de la plaque ?
Proposed translations
(French)
| 5 | mort |
Tony M
|
| 5 | cassait sa pipe |
Layla de Chabot
|
| 4 | raide |
kashew
|
Change log
Dec 15, 2010 17:27: Tony M Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
4 mins
Selected
mort
Cockney rhyming slang: brown bread = dead
Don't know how you'd render an equivalent register in FR, perhaps 'crevé' or something like that...
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-12-13 22:48:42 GMT)
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I wonder if upmarket Londoners would be 'organic granary bread'?
My Mum and Dad were Cockneys (just!), born within the sound of Bow Bells, so I was brought up with Cockney rhyming slang, and didn't know any different till I was older.
Don't know how you'd render an equivalent register in FR, perhaps 'crevé' or something like that...
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-12-13 22:48:42 GMT)
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I wonder if upmarket Londoners would be 'organic granary bread'?
My Mum and Dad were Cockneys (just!), born within the sound of Bow Bells, so I was brought up with Cockney rhyming slang, and didn't know any different till I was older.
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Comment: "Merci Tony"
16 hrs
raide
= brown bread = dead
1 day 14 hrs
Discussion
Am I glad I asked about this one !
A thousand thanks to the three of you.
Ode
Does not make sense. There must be another meaning to brown bread. (He is not cracking a joke but really asking whether his friend would know how to get a hold of OJ)