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I think 'pony' is cockney money slang?

Hello, Elle!
The BBC Text service has put Lizzie's win up on its Sports section! Well, she is World Champion after all!
Fabian is getting out while he is still pretty much at the top.
About time there was an apology about the webcam.
They should get a teenager in to fix it.
They are the biz with technology!

Hello, Pigale!
That is a pity we missed the pike getting brought to the nest!
They say Laddie is a good hunter.
Hope the camera is fixed soon!

Elle,
Pony is slang for twenty five pounds, but I do not know if it is Cockney or not.
Think Cockney slang has to rhyme?
What would pony rhyme with?
Mr Rogan would know!

Elle and Pigale!
I looked up pony in Wiklpedia.
They are not sure, but suggest pictures of pony and monkey were on Indian bank notes. Bank of Bengal etc.
And somehow entered our language.
So did bungalow, I believe.

Hi, Rusty!
I have looked up "bungalow" in Brewers.
It says that the word came from the Hindi word "bangla" meaning "of Bengal"
It was originally the house of a European in India, generally of one storey with a veranda all around.
The word may have been influenced by "low" since most houses are of two storeys.
Apparently, in Dr. Brewer's 1894 edition, he mentions that "There are English bungalows at Birchington (in Kent) and on the Norfolk coast near Cromer."
So now we know!
It is pouring with rain and - to the dog's dismay - we are now experiencing loud rumbles of thunder!

Elle, I did know all that.
"Juggernaut" is Indian, too, I think.
I always thought it sounded German!

Hi, Rusty!
Oh well, I didn't know it!
So I have learned something knew by looking it up!
Yes, you are right about juggernaut being of Indian derivation.
I think it comes from Juggernath (if my memory serves me correctly?) an incarnation of Vishnu (not sure if I have spelt that correctly)
Thunderstorm well under way!
Is this the penalty for having such a warm day?
Dog is terrified and is jammed underneath the printer by my feet!

Hi again Elle and Rusty,

Had to switch off all computer, rooter, cameras etc... because of a very heavy thunderstorm ! Perhaps in sympathy with you Elle ?
The point that I like it about as much as your dog does ! but I did not go on all fours under the table.....:)

Hello, Elle!
I have blundered!
My message should have read "I did NOT know all that!"
Apologies for not going over it before I sent it.
My message that I posted sounds helluva arrogant.
What I have discovered is that there is a word for imported words like bungalow, kindergarten, bazaar, etc.
They are known as "loanwords".
I did NOT know that either.
The weather must be bad with Pigale and you?
All fair here, though a tad chilly.

Hi, Rusty!
Sorry .........I fell asleep!
I think it will take me a few days to recover from the exuberances of the last week!
Not to worry about your previous message ,,,,, these things happen! It was only a typing error.
No, I , too, have never heard of "loanwords"!
I find that surprising? that such a term exists for words that we must use daily and yet have never come across the classification before?
I imagine that a lot of these words must come from Latin? and probably French?
I haven't had my usual chat with my cousin tonight, as she is away with her family, it being the Easter holidays.
She did tell me where they were going - but I have forgotten!
The thunderstorm has died away now....but it is still dreich.
The forecast is not good - going to be (much) cooler than the last few days, and tomorrow will start out damp.
Still, I cannot complain, as I did have the lovely weather when I needed it whilst the boys were here!