Talk:Cockney Alphabet
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K[edit]
I don't know whether to edit the page to include this, as it's probably racist and rude. But there is a long tradition that
K for bastards (kaffir bastards)
has been used as an alternative. -- 18:32, 20 January 2010 62.3.121.230 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.3.121.230 (talk • contribs)
Z[edit]
I am puzzled by the current phrase for the letter z, which is uniformly pronounced 'zed' in the UK. The article gives Z for breezes (zephyr breezes). Can anyone shed any light on this. Martin Hogbin (talk) 17:44, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
- "Zephyr" is always pronounced with a "short e" vowel, as far as I'm aware, so zed-fer sounds a little like zeffer. Zee-fer wouldn't sound like anything. AnonMoos (talk) 21:58, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
- Gecha. Martin Hogbin (talk) 22:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
- The recording I have of Clapham and Dwyer has them saying it as "zedfer breezes" Alf Boggis (talk) 17:49, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
- Gecha. Martin Hogbin (talk) 22:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
B and P[edit]
My grandmother, who was born at the end of the 19th century, was full of these sort of things. I remember “B for eaters” (Beefeaters) and “P for comfort” (very similar to existing examples). PeterColdridge (talk) 12:00, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Problem[edit]
The list is supposed to be a particular single version, but many people have added alternatives. Those alternatives don't appear in the named version so that is wrong. Equinox ◑ 21:05, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
- It's kind of an oral folklore phenomenon, not limited to one 1930s recording... AnonMoos (talk) 22:56, 30 May 2017 (UTC)