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RWickham | 15:27 Wed 28th Jun 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Londoners call snitches / grasses 'Bertie'....why?
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Could it be a tenuous link to Bertie Bassett?

17:28 Wed 28th Jun 2006
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I think it short for Bertie Smalls the original Supergrass.
Jack Slipper the investigating oficer into the Great Train Robbery was responsible for Britain's first "Supergrass" trial in 1973, in which bank robber Bertie Smalls testified against his former associates in exchange for his own freedom.
So anyone who snitches is doing a Bertie.


22:19 Wed 28th Jun 2006
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Perfect. Thank you.
09:45 Thu 29th Jun 2006
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As a cockney, i would say it is to do with Sir Robert Peeler, whos first polce were "peelers", in rhyming slang peeler could translte as squealer
02:17 Fri 30th Jun 2006

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