Finally, these displaced toughs' adoption of the Iranian exiles' lingo, Penglish (a mixture of Persian and English), which they further mingled with their own argot, produced a rich, hybridized, and humorous language that required a knowing audience to decode and fully appreciate.

He stood there speechlessly. The surprise had rendered him unable to make an intelligible reply.

‘Mine’s the blood alley.’ ‘No it’s not, yours is the connie agate.’

Rooney was the subject of some mischievous probing from the Russia media before the game as they suggested his retreat into midfield was a measure of his declining powers.