I despise the Cockney slang category (every time it comes up, which is all too often for my tastes!).Paucle wrote: thanks for clearing up something that didn't need clearing up. I didn't mean what makes it = cash generally, but why is it cash specifically? What, in the properties that make bangers and mash what they are, equate to properties that make cash what it is? Otherwise, why can't bangers and mash = rash? crash? dash? lash? flash?
It usually ends up being just a guessing game, and guessable clues always tilt the playing field in favor of the less-knowledgeable contestant by reducing any advantage associated with having more knowledge. (Pretty much anyone can take a guess at what amounts to a word that rhymes with mash, but only someone who knows John Paul Jones and his association with the early American navy can give his name as a response).