Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Samuel Beckett picked up on that in "Watt"
Mr. Graves pronounced his th charmingly. Turd and fart, he said, for third and fourth. Watt liked these venerable Saxon words. And when Mr. Graves, drinking on the sunny step his afternoon stout, looked up with a twinkle in his old blue eye, and said, in mock deprecation, Tis only me turd or fart,
By quoting Beckett I think I'm immune to accusations of poking fun at regional accents. Maybe.
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