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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cockney #83655 10/16/2002 5:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I encountered alleged etymology of "cockney" as derived from "cock's egg". Never heard that before I found a URL with a lot of information about cockney: http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/CockneyEnglish.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cockney #83656 11/29/2002 4:51 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Thanks for that fascinating site! I have spent about an hour with it, lips pursed as I tried to verify the pronunciation examples against experience. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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