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Rosy Lee? Or cup of tea?
Trouble and strife? A new study suggests a bleak future for cockney rhyming slang, with many British 18-24 year-olds unable to recognise many popular phrases from the East London slang. But Lexicographer Jonathon Green says it should not be written off yet.
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