A while ago, Colin wrote:
"I'm sure I'm being an old stick-in-the-mud but modern slang
(and I don't spend much time in prison yards either) doesn't
seem as inventive as classic cockney rhymning slang, of which
there are several fascinating dictionaries and
histories."
Colin, can you give any titles and/or authors? I've long
wanted to know more and more about rhyming slang, in
particular.
Mark
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