Rhyming slang and toad" (the main road) and "apples and pears (stairs), as well as many more obscure examples, e.g. "Battle of the Nile" (a tile, a vulgar term for a hat), "Duke of York" (take a walk), and "Top of Rom" (home). It remains a matter of speculation whether rhyming slang was a linguistic accident, a game, or a cryptolect developed intentionally to confuse non-locals. If deliberate, it may also have been used to maintain a sense of community, or to allow traders to talk amongst themselves in marketplaces in order to facilitate collusion, without customers knowing what they were saying,
Frankie Fryer Frankie Fryer Frankie Fryer (also spelled as Franky Fryer) is a character on the British Sky Sports association football television programme, "Soccer AM". He is played by Adam Smith. The character is designed as an imitation of London born actor, Danny Dyer. The character speaks with a cockney accent and uses cockney rhyming slang. The character also wears a wig, brown jacket and jewellery. Fryer hosts "Soccer AM"'s "Away Days" segment, where the character visits various football locations in the United Kingdom and abroad and gives an overview of attractions in the city where "Away Days" is being filmed. The