Americans and Britons share the same language, yet transatlantic visitors to the London Olympics might struggle to understand what's going on. The games are in East London, home of rhyming slang, a ...

The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place throughout ...

Every year, on the first Friday of August, many adults come together to celebrate the refreshing drink that is beer. And while the beloved beverage has refreshed people across the globe throughout ...

LONDON — You’d better get ready to use your loaf if you want to get your hands on some bread. Over the next three months, a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to ...

For the next three months a cluster of East London ATMs will be offering customers the chance to withdraw cash using written prompts in Cockney rhyming slang. It works by replacing a word with a short ...

Blogger and cabbie Robert Lordan offers a quick guide to the lingo you might overhear the next time you hail a cab... Taxi drivers call January the ‘Kipper Season’, ‘cos it’s the time of year when ...

An influencer has sparked a hilarious debate online after revealing the various money slang terms he uses as a Londoner. The man, known as @tenton on TikTok, gave a rundown of what he called 'London ...

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A place where everyone is looking ahead eagerly, we must presume - to the opening of the Olympics this summer. NPR's London-based correspondent, Philip Reeves, sends us an occasional letter about the ...