Jockney Rhyming Slang

By Robert Laidler and Mark Harvey

105x85mm • 128 pages • paperback • £2.99 • ISBN 1-905102-85-2 • 5 September 2006

The world's first comprehensive guide to Scotland's own take on the slang language that Cockneys thought they'd made their own.

BEN NEVIS - CREVICE
Britain's highest peak is home to many nooks and crannies and it's strange how many times you can climb the walls when objects find their way into those obscure places.
"Och no, 'ave dropped ma hoose key an' its gang doon yon Ben Nevice by the side o' the door step."

CULLEN SKINK - THINK
Not sure if you really like fish soup.
"Have a wee cullen skink aboot it first."

MULL OF KINTYRE - DIRE
Surely we're talking about the song, not the place.
"Ah'm no' gon' ma hoalidays there again.
It wiz pure Mull o' Kintyre."