More on Cockney numbers

by Gordon 10. January 2010 10:02

BlimeyStrewth writes:


1/2 - Lamb (and calf)

1 - Lost (and won)

2 - Bottle (of glue)

3 - Holy (see)

4 - Stand (in awe)

5 - Scuba (dive)

6 - Fiddle (-sticks)

7 - Exeter (in devon)

8 - Fartoo (late; another explanation is that "far" is supposed to be "four" and "too" is supposed to be two - four times two is eight. But I believe it's rather the first explanation)

9 - Coal (mine)

10 - Foxes (den)

11 - Hell (and heaven)

12 - Deep (delve)

13 - Hurt (and be mean)

14 - (Sortin) letters

15-19 - ?

20 - Mussels (aplenty)

21-29 - ?

30 - Herdy

40 - Gory

50 - Nifty

60 - Styx tea (??)

70 - Heaven Tea (??)

80 - Baity

90 - God (almighty)

100 - Milou (and tintin; or tenten, i.e. ten times ten) 1000 - (louse and) flee

 

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Comments

2/11/2010 12:18:11 AM #

Billy

1000 - 'Bag of Sand' (a grand)

Billy United Kingdom | Reply

2/11/2010 6:01:07 PM #

Andy

What a load of cobblers this site is. Your just making it up as you go along. Absolute pony.

Andy United Kingdom | Reply

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