This helped me understand what is going on with Cockney rhyming slang...

We used have a convenience store near our interstate exit called Starvin' Marvin's.

There was also a character on South Park, an Ethiopian child, named Starvin' Marvin.

i give up. translate it?

Septic tank = Yank

http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/septic_tank

I didn't even do it right, it should have been "We septics just don't have a clue." The advanced form just suggests the rhyme so you really have to know what's going on.

Also, this is one way the Brits are better than us (and I do believe that they are), they can subtly insult you and you didn't even know it happened.

ah, I had Yank... i couldnt rhyme anything with septic

I read once that the original cockney rhyming slang terms also created a visual link to the item.

e.g.

Apples & Pears: Stairs -the barrow boys used to stack up the oranges and apples (much like they do in produce sections and "fancy" stores today) and they looked like stairs

Dog&Bone = phone -the old free-standing dial phones with the recever in a cradle on the top looked like a dog ?????....

...... There wasn't any TV to watch in those days ;)

Obfuscation is better? I don't think so, more advanced civilizations would strive for clearer communication. How else would the empire's minions know their duties. No wonder the Hessians failed. :p:

If you want to put down the yanks to your countrymen without the yanks knowing,... I'm telling ya, those people are better at their language than we are. Be careful around them.

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Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in water - AT ALL.
This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address.

You just have to heat it a tiny bit, it'll dissolve right away.

Maybe you should boil it classic? That will kill bacteria too.

Today I learned I'm an online jackass.

I also learned that the current value of the dollar is even worse than I thought.

We're all idiots online, at least some of the time. Haha

Nay nay, not me. I'm an asshole, dickhead, bastard, etc, etc, online. I save idiot for real life. :p:

Haha...I'd like to see that.