[78-L] Identity/Rhyming Slang.

[David Lennick]

But Ginger is short for Ginger Beer which IS rhyming slang, for "queer". 
Apparently it also means "engineer". How come I know more about rhyming slang 
here in Toronto?

dl

Spats wrote:
> 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
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