It´s August. UK parliament & the pound GBP shutting down & Brexit is shelved again. I thought to Spain.
But aside, not understanding entirely, “cockney-rhyming” slang, but admiring their methods, (in order to confound the UK “plod-force” & so the authorities didn´t quite understand about what was being talked about!).
Although many years ago after living in the London “twang”. & Many many years later, I visited (looking for rural Spanish properties in Spain).
I ended up courtesy of an estate agent however, for three days in an Urbanización 2000.) Costa Blanca. In where I stayed & think, next door, lived, heard her to exclaim a British “lady”, wearing hair-curlers, in the street,& shouting to her delightful son,“Come in now you ***** *****, put yer BMX away & get yer **** ass in the ***** tea, ´cause ***** Corries on in the mo! Your egg ´n chips are in the oven!” I think she was British?
Many Spanish natives employ much the opposite as UK & other immigrants, wonder why the Spanish talk so loud! I was informed that during the Franco era, it was frowned upon by the authorities to hear groups &, in the local cafe political culture, to chat in “whispers” or risk being “whisked” away, or so they say.
So now in modern Spain, a new (UK) culture has emerged. For eg: “new-speak”
Taxi (some bloke who´ll take you for a ride)
Urb, (so Brits don´t refer to them as housing estates)
Ex-pat, (so as they are not thought of as immigrants), Rhymes with prat.
Beni (another name for Blackpool, but with more brown/red Brits & less mobiles on the beach, now called the “Triangle)
Torre (another name for Torre pronounced a little like torrid). Near Lah Marina urb..
Breakfast: (where´s the full English?) Piella´s on for tea!
Where´s the Brits to meet?, (in the pub, having a full English).
Geographically, what´s the main town in Iceland? (Torrevieja).
“Med” diet (fish n chips, KFC & a big Mac).
I´m sure there´s more. I hope you´re all having a good August. Everything´s shutting up here. The town will be quiet, the locals off down to the beach!
Peace.
Villas