On: The Alice and Bob After Dinner Speech (1984)

[cpfohl]

Someone want to explain the alphabet joke? "A for 'orse, B for..."

[DanBC → cpfohl]

Wikipedia has a nice article, you might need some of the alternatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_Alphabet

[Someone → DanBC]

Thanks. I didn't recognize it either, but guessed it was Cockney rhyming slang (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang), another somewhat similar way to do wordplay in English.

[cpfohl → DanBC]

That's great, thanks!

[qwertyuiop924 → cpfohl]

AFAICT, it's a series of puns, based on phonetic sounds. 'ay is for 'orses, 'ell for leather, that sort of thing.

[cpfohl → qwertyuiop924]

Thanks! Makes sense, want picking those up