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Thread #28733 Message #361702
Posted By: GUEST,Michael Cooney
22-Dec-00 - 09:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Alphabet Song variations
Subject: RE: The Alphabet Song
Subject: RE: A is for 'orses
From: MudGuard
Date: 18-Feb-99 - 04:50 AM
Could someone please spell out the rest?
My guesses:
(being German, the A, E, F, G, I, L, N, O, R, U and Z are too hard for me to catch, and I'm not sure about my solution to G, J and M)
A for 'orses = ??? (Hay for horses?)
B for Mutton = Beef or Mutton
C for yourself = See for yourself
D for dumb = Deaf or dumb
E for Brick = ??? (Half a brick?)
F for vescence = ??? (Effervescence?)
G for police = Chief of Police???
H for retirement = age for retirement
I for tower = ??? (Eiffel Tower?)
J for oranges = Jaffa Oranges???
K for teria = Cafeteria
L for leather = ??? (Hell for leather = fast)
M for sis = emphasis???
N for dig = ??? (Infra-dig = very hip?)
O for the garden wall = ??? (Over the garden wall)
O for the wings of a dove = ??? (so I could fly away...)
P for comfort = Pee for comfort
P for ages = Pee for ages
Q for a bus/pee = Queue for a bus/pee
R for mo' = ??? ('Arf [half] a mo[ment])
S for you = is for you
T for two = tea for two
U for mism = ??? (Euphemism)
V for la France = vive la France
W for tune = double your fortune
X for breakfast = eggs for breakfast
Y for husband = wife or husband
Z for breezes = ??? (Zephyr breezes?)
Andreas