Do you routinely use (Cockney) rhyming slang in everyday conversation?

[TheTecknician]

I do but only a few examples, e.g. butcher's, half-inch, two and eight. Those are my usual ones. BTW, I am from Yorkshire so I perhaps have no excuse anyway!

No but my husband and I regularly talk in cockney accents for fun and burst spontaneously into songs from my fair lady and Oliver Twist etc.

Hoi jast lav it ya eear mee so hoi doo

I say porky pies. I’m not a cockney so it’s probably cultural appropriation.

Yes, we often ask each other do you want a cup of rosy and if DH is going to get his hair cut he says he's going to get his Barnet clipped.

What 2 and 8?

Weekly not daily- plates of meat/ half inch

Are you having a giraffe?

(not cockney, but do say this)

2 and 8 = state.

Yes I do sometimes, my parents were Londoners and some of my ancestors were born within the sound of Bow Bells, so they were proper bona fide Cockneys.

I ask where my "dog" is. My kids understand.

I often say I'm Hank Marvin, but I don't know if it's technically cockney rhyming slang (= starving).

How very dare you?!😂Don't you go showing your boat race round here!

Probably occasionally, I don't really notice because I grew up with cockney dad, so it's just part of my vernacular

I definitely say “have a butchers” and “telling porkies”. I’m Scottish, I did live in E3 for a while but I was saying that stuff long before then! My parents (both also Scottish) taught me. I think Cockney rhyming slang was quite popular in the sixties. I always loved that song Oranges & Lemons too.

I sometimes say
"Come on, up the apples and pears' to the kids at bedtime.

I once had a friendship group that called each other "my old china" but I haven't used it since then.

Yes, but I live in the midlands. These are in regular use in our family...
Plates (of meat) - feet
Borasic (lint) - skint
Loaf (of bread) - head
Jimmy Riddell - piddle
Butchers (hook) - look
Half inch - pinch
Cream crackered - knackered

I’ve got cockney parents, so probably do more than I realise. It’s just like any other slang.

Yes, it’s all gone Pete Tong is a particular favourite.

Sometimes, to make DC laugh. I grew up in the East End but neither look or speak as if I did. But sometimes it just comes out anyway when Im not even thinking about it as in 'thats a nice whistle' when DP puts a suit on. Then I have to explain..

A few - ruby, aris, khazi, pony, mutton, plates, mince pies and, swede although that's not a rhyming one.

My brother used to say 'gypsy's kiss' when referring to lavatorial matters. I expect he still does. Dad used to say 'Jimmy Riddle'.

All oi want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air... ow woooouldn't it be loverly...

I didn't think I used Cockney rhyming slang but reading this thread, I say all of these. I can hardly Adam and Eve it.

Syrup for wig.
Tea leaf for thief
Boracic for skint

I AM a real cockernee -- born within the sound of Bow Bells, although I never actually lived in East London. My Mum and maternal grandparents were all East Enders.
We mostly used it for parts of the body -- barnet (hair) 'ampsteads (teeth) mince pies (eyes) plus boat race, bristols, and of course, berk.
I've never heard anyone say apples and pears for stairs.

Septic (tank) - yank

I would say "porkies" to mean a lie. I can't think of any others off of the top of my head I'd use routinely. I'm about five miles east of Bow Bells. My granny and both grandpas are/were genuine cockneys in the true sense though.