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From: leeway@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Old Phonetic Alphabet
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Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 16:31:15 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 17 16:31:15 1984
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Version of Phonetic(?) Alphabet said to have been used by Cockneys in WW2

Horses          Oranges         Example
Mutton          Warriors        Two
Th'Islanders    Leather         Me
Dumb            Sis             La France
Brick           A Dig           A Match
Vescent         Pity's Sake     Breakfast
Police          Pleasure        Mistress
Beauty          The Theatre     Marx Brothers (or A Doctor)
An Eye          Mo

Confused?  Good.  The Germans were supposed to be too.
You see, it goes:  A for Horses (Hay for Horses)
		   B for Mutton (Beef or Mutton)
		   and I'm sure you can work out the others yourself.
Oh, the last one is either (Zee Four Marx Brothers) or (Zed for a Doctor).

I've heard they had several sets of these things, but this is the only one
I know.--Lee Gold