Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:32 pm
The Spanish also pronounce "C" as "S". Spanish for pig is cerdo. They say serdo.SPUDMASHER wrote:Oh yeah, the jif to cif thing was because of the expansion into mainland Europe. The spanish etc. couldn't pronounce jif. Just as they say 'Hosay' for Jose, they couldn't say Jif they said hif.
Still doesn't explain why marathon became snickers though.
So cif becomes sif. Which is our short for Syphalis.
During the Falklands war, the Jocks did a night attack. To avoid confusion, and potential "blue on blue", they needed a recognition phrase. They chose "See you, Jimmy". Any Argy, trying to pass himself off as a Brit in the darkness, would reply "See you HIMMY". Bang. You're dead.