From Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and other curiosities of the English Language by Gyles Brandreth (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2015), page 229: COCKNEY ALPHABET A for ‘orses (hay for horses) B for mutton (beef or mutton) C for miles (see for miles) D for ential (differential) E for brick (heave a brick) F for vescence (effervescence) G for get it (Gee! Forget it!) H for bless you (aishfa – a sneeze) I for the engine (Ivor the engine) J for oranges (Jaffa oranges) K for restaurant (cafe or restaurant) L for leather (hell for leather) M for sis (emphasis) N for lope (envelope) O for the wings of a dove (song title) P for relief (self-explanatory) Q for the bus (queue for the bus) R for mo (half a moment) S for you (it’s for you) T for two (tea for two) U for me (you for me) V for la France (vive la France!) W for a bet (double you for a bet) X for breakfast (eggs for breakfast) Y for husband (wife or husband) Z for wind (zephyr wind)
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