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fireland · 10-27-2013, 10:20 AM

In the last online edition of the BBC is an article on slang. Came across this and thought I´d share.

Cockney rhyming slang survives well beyond its
original inspiration, as in the currently popular
marvin for starving hungry.

Hope this doesn´t describe our dear developer.

10-27-2013, 10:20 AM	#1
fireland Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Device: iPad3, iPad mini, iPhone 4S	Totally off-topic, but worth a laugh In the last online edition of the BBC is an article on slang. Came across this and thought I´d share. Cockney rhyming slang survives well beyond its original inspiration, as in the currently popular marvin for starving hungry. Hope this doesn´t describe our dear developer.