London rhymes

[Laurence Horn]

On Jul 8, 2012, at 11:13 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> I found two more London rhyming substitutions in Partridge (8). Bexleys,
> from Bexley Heath for "teeth" and Pall Mall for "girl".

So this presupposes the ability to rhyme [pEl mEl] with [gEl] (as in "bell", "hell"), right?

LH

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