Doug

In C19 cockney, the v & the w were transposed at the beginnings of words, so 'very well' would be pronounced 'werry vell"

~~ see dialect of Sam Weller and his father in Dickens' Pickwick Papers. At one point, when Sam gives his name in court as "Sam Veller" and is asked by the judge if that is spelt with a W or a V, old Weller cries out "Spell it with a wee, Me Lord, spell it with a wee."

~M~