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Thread #119676   Message #3859690
Posted By: Steve Gardham
08-Jun-17 - 05:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: The Illiterate's Alphabet (Sid Kipper)
Subject: Lyr Add: COCKNEY ALPHABET
John Foreman's 60s Cockney version approximated to the following.
'ay for 'orses
beef or mutton
Seaforth Highlanders (a Scottish regiment)
Deef or Blinnd (deaf or blind)
'eave a brick
Effervescent
Chief o' Police
'ate yer for it
'ighfalluting
Jaffer oranges
Care for a cuppa?
'ell for leather
Emphasis
'en for eggs
ofer my dead body
Pee for a penny
queue for the flicks (movies)
'arf a mo ( half a moment)
Esfer Williams (actress?)
Tea fer two
Euphemism
Vifa la France
Double you for a quid (gambling)
eggs fer breakfast
Wife or girlfriend
z'ead for 'is 'at (his head for his hat)