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ATMs that "speak" Cockney rhyming slang

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Tomisimo
June 28, 2012, 01:39 AM
http://forums.tomisimo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=422
Here's a BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8217499.stm) about it, and here's (http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/) some more in-depth info.

Perikles
June 28, 2012, 05:16 AM
I have to admit, although almost all English dialects have some charm about them, I find Rhyming Slang really really irritiating and stupid.

poli
June 28, 2012, 07:09 AM
What's more, they charge a pound fifty for it. That's robbery.

AngelicaDeAlquezar
June 29, 2012, 05:11 PM
I find it a cute idea in English, but I'm not sure I'd like any kind of Mexican slang on them. :lol: