It seems that Cockney Rhyming Slang is still going strong and new phrases being added all the time. Apparently celebrity rhymes are quite popular now, so you can now go down the pub for a couple of Brittany Spears (beers for my American friends) or if you want to borrow 10 quid you can ask someone for an Ayrton Senna. And wouldn't you know Brad Pitt's name has been adopted into the lexicon.
There is a web site now to translate your plain old English into Cockney Rhyming Slang. (How do people get the time to create such elaborate things?) The same site offers variants for Scouse, Brummie, Geordie and many more dialects - even an Ali G version.
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