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David Mitchell: Victoria doesn’t know this

cloudballoon says...

I watch these shows all the time, as with many other British game shows like 8 Cats Out of 10 Does Countdown, QI, Have I Got News for You, etc. they're a great watch, host & guests all got quick wits.

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Vox: Why we say “OK”.

MilkmanDan says...

I think that's correct, or at least I've heard that explanation also. I probably heard it discussed on the BBC show QI?

I guess that would make it sort of like Pig Latin, although at least to me it seems like the barrier to entry into the "in" group of Cockney rhyming slang is massively higher than the one for Pig Latin.

ChaosEngine said:

From my understanding the whole point of rhyming slang was obfuscation.

The idea was to be able to communicate in plain sight while "outsiders" (police, upper class, etc) missed the true intent, although this mostly speculation.

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Graffiti Grammar Police -- hope this catches on!

Graffiti Grammar Police -- hope this catches on!

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Camera shutter speed matches helicopter`s rotor.

Ghostly says...

I suspect you meant to post this comment on the QI video.

KrazyKat42 said:

Pole here. The British were hampered by the fact that they stole a code book and had all the day codes for several months. They never gave this info to the poles. They did it the hard way.

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