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Cockney cash machine hope to revive dying dialect [video 1 minute 53 seconds]

Are you 'avin a giraffe? Cash machines talking cockney rhyming slang have been introduced in east London, the part of the city once renowned for the dialect. But language experts now believe a new slang is emerging, banishing cockney to the history books.
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