Yes, although it's "A for 'orses" (hay for horses) and so it goes part-way to explaining itself.
Proper rhyming slang doesn't explain itself and you just need to know that "loaf" -> "loaf of bread" -> head. Thus "Use your loaf!" was one I heard throughout my teens :-) Roops On Sat, 18 Mar 2023, 12:47 Bob Bridges, <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose this is based on rhyming slang? I wouldn't begin to know how to > decipher it. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to > the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he be in the right. -Cato > the Younger (BC 95-46) */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Rupert Reynolds > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2023 03:10 > > Back in the days of analogue mobile phones, I used phonetics a lot! > > Once or twice, I used the Cockney phonetics ;-) > > A for 'orses > B for mutton > C for miles > ... > X for breakfast > Y for girlfriend > Z for a joke (i.e. 'said for a joke') > > --- On Sat, 18 Mar 2023, 00:23 Bob Bridges, <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Under marginal conditions (which includes cell-phone calls) I use > > alpha / bravo / charlie / ... / x-ray / yankee / zulu. But "zed" is > > probably unmistakable. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
