wɪtəlz

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Again from A Tale of Two Cities.

I won't have me ['wɪtəlz] blessed off me table by your prayin'.

I think it must be "vittles". Am I right?
 

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Yes. Dickens's belief that cockneys changed round /w/ and /v/ (wery vell = very well) was possibly already a little out of date by his later days.
 
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