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It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the US, especially the criminal underworld of the West Coast between 1880 and 1920, rhyming slang has sometimes been known as Australian slang .
Tekno's basic fun included walking, barking, eating, and sleeping, and special motor sensors enabled emotional and lifelike intelligence. It could be "taught" to respond to voice commands and to perform real dog tricks such as fetching, whining, and playing tricks with the included bone and ball accessories. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
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The public domain melody of the song was borrowed for "I Love You", a song used as the theme for the children's television program Barney and Friends.New lyrics were written for the melody in 1982 by Indiana homemaker Lee Bernstein for a children's book titled "Piggyback Songs" (1983), and these lyrics were adapted by the television series in the early 1990s, without knowing they had been ...
Muttley is a fictional dog created in 1968 by Hanna-Barbera Productions; he was originally voiced by Don Messick. [9] He is the sidekick (and often foil) to the cartoon villain Dick Dastardly, and appeared with him in the 1968 television series Wacky Races [10] and its 1969 spinoff, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines. [11]
Campaign for Cockney pie and mash to get protected status started by Tory MP ‘bloody loyal to North East’ Jabed Ahmed and Richard Wheeler October 22, 2024 at 9:22 AM
The phrase originated as Cockney rhyming slang where "cobblers" refers to cobbler's awls which rhymes with "balls" (), as in the exclamation "Balls!"for "Nonsense!". [1] [2] The use of the rhyme allows a taboo word, in this case the vulgar exclamation "balls!", to be avoided. [3]