Posted by David Bamford on October 07, 2003 at 22:58:42 from 203.10.110.132 user David.
In Reply to: Re: Desert Island, was The Shipping Forecast (British Isles) posted by Jonathan Labaree on October 07, 2003 at 19:48:23:
I suspect that it was common on the streets of Britain's grimier parts, and has since been "sanitised", with the "love" being a substitute for the original word which rhymed with "duck".
David.