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I don't know if this version is definitive - I learnt it at school over 35 years ago. I think it dates back to the 1940's originally.

A for Pint
B for Mutton
C for th'Highlanders
D for Dumb
E for Or
F for Pheasant
G for Police
H for Beauty
I for Novello
J for Oranges
K for Cavern
L for Leather
M for Sis
N for Lope
O for The wings of a dove
P for A penny
Q for The bus
R for Askey
S for Ofarim (probably not original - ask your grandparents about Esther and Abi)
S for Any more at home like you? (more likely)
T for Two
U for Mystic
V for La France
W for Quits
X for Breakfast
Y for Crying out loud
Z for Breezes
 
What the heck is this:confused:? Can you please explain:)?
 
OK

Have a Pint
Beef or Mutton
Seaforth Highlanders
Deaf or Dumb
Either Or
Effervescent
Chief of Police
Age 'fore Beauty
Ivor Novello
Jaffa Oranges
Cave or Cavern
Hell for Leather
Emphasis
Envelope
O for the wings, for the wings of a dove
Pee for a penny (the cost of old public coveniences)
Queue for the bus
Arthur Askey
Esther Ofarim
or
Is there any more at home like you?
Tea for Two
Euphemistic
Vive la France!
Double you or quits
Eggs for Breakfast
Why? for crying out loud
Zephyr breezes
 
I don't get it...
 
My intention was to amuse, not confuse; maybe I should be less abstruse! (-:

When I first went to school we had to recite
A for Apple
B for Ball
C for Cat
D for Dog
E for etc.. .

This was a subversiive parody of rote learning - I guess you had to be there....

Tum-ti-tum.(-;
 
lol ok i found the 'tum-ti-tum'bit good and i get what your meaning but yer you probably had to be there :)
 
While we're on the subject of odd alphabets, does anyone have a pointer to the alphabet where the examples are all misleading or silent, such as:

A as in Aesop.
C as in Chiton.
H as in Haute.
J as in Jalapeno.
K as in Knight.
M as in Mnemonic.
O as in Oedipus.
P as in Pneumonia.
T as in Tsunami.
V as in Voila.
W as in Wrought.
X as in Xylophone.
 
LOL my grandma used to say the P is silent as in Swimming

but on a related note

how is GHOTI pronouced?
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ghoti is pronounounced FISH


gh as in rough
o as in women
ti as in fiction
 
Veritass
does 'U in Uvula' count?

and BTW it is only americans who pronounce Voila as Walla
 
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