[78-L] Identity/Rhyming Slang.

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Ginger would be rhyming slang for ginger beer.
For a start, it doesn't rhyme.
If I were making something up to be rhyming slang for ginger beer...
It would be something like 'cauliflower ear'.

No 'Ginger' has always meant a redhead and for some unknown reason, 
Gingers have always seemed to have been the butt of jokes.

Somewhere, (to bring this back on topic), I have a pre-1910 78 of a 
music hall song called 'Ginger, You're Barmy!'

In the UK, there are lots of kids who have gone through a sort of 
'Who am I?' crisis. Am I Black? Am I British?...less so now than used 
to be, however, because mixed race children are becoming so common 
now, that they no longer stand out...

In a way, I feel the same, though it's not a problem.
I always refer to myself as British but, though I'd support England 
in a football or cricket match, I'm vaguely uncomfortable calling 
myself English.

Earl.

At 8:08 am -0800 24/1/2009, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
>I didn't realise "Ginger" referred to redheads. I thought it was Cockney
>rhyming slang for "Ginger Beer"!
>
>My partner has three children by a previous relationship who are "mixed
>race" (an unscientific term) who are all in their forties and have never
>had an identity problem.
>
>
>       Julian Vein