The Lemon Meringue Trail
Have you noticed the collection of Cockney rhyming slang phrases on day-glow signs that have popped up in the East Bank landscape?
Here’s a handy guide to each of the phrases in the East Bank, with vox pops from local users about how, where and when they used the phrases…
Vox Pop & Lemon Meringue Phrases
Alfie
Sarah
Katie
Steve
Nev
Jonzi D
James
Frannie
Leon
Anna
Meesh
The Cockney Singh
Terry
Hak Baker
Colin
Lewis
Woodzy
Jonzi D
Danny
Michelle M
James “Jimmy”
Monica
Michele
Jerome
James
Louise Hale aka Curly Wordy
Louise Hale aka Curly Wordy
Language is my art, born with a lexical kinda heart..
And it’s all about the fluid ways that language is constantly changing for all of us. Check out spoken word artist Curly Wordy’s take on it, as she tours the area from the top of the number 8 bus, and tells us what language means to her and to the community she knows and loves.
Photos © Bruce Basudde www.brucephotography.co.uk