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I say 'avin' instead of having as one example) Nevertheless, I do always find myself wanting to insert sharp pointy objects into the persons of duck-billed chav types spouting their "innit"s and "yeah, but"s and "wickid, man"s and the like.....
British/Hinglish is invading at least my part of the US. On the East Coast of the US, particularly in Boston, they say "wicked cool" or just wicked. My best friend from New Hampshire said wicked a lot when she moved here, to the West Coast, and we always made fun of her. However, now more and more people are saying it. Because of "Bend it Like Beckham," I am hearing 'innit' a lot more.
More people, like my husband and myself use 'bloody' and 'spot on' a lot, but that is because we watched so much of "The Office," and "Coupling."
I think proper grammar has its place. When I attended university, I always used proper English. However, when my friends and I met at the local bar every Friday night, we used street slang, except we never said 'ain't', 'got no' (I hate that one) and 'i don't got any'
There is a part of my family that is not well educated, and whenever the highly educated part of my family and the not so educated members get together, conversation is difficult. They just sound so stupid, but I love them.
Tallgirl.
05 Mar 2005, 5:38 pm
