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Someone want to explain the alphabet joke? "A for 'orse, B for..."

• qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  AFAICT, it's a series of puns, based on phonetic sounds. 'ay is for 'orses, 'ell for leather, that sort of thing.
  • cpfohl 10y ago
    Thanks! Makes sense, want picking those up
• DanBC 10y ago
  Wikipedia has a nice article, you might need some of the alternatives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_Alphabet
  • cpfohl 10y ago
    That's great, thanks!
  • Someone 10y ago
    Thanks. I didn't recognize it either, but guessed it was Cockney rhyming slang (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang), another somewhat similar way to do wordplay in English.