"Ay brav! Why you cussing my fam? We're tight!"
"Hey Kutti! I think you're bare buff you kno!"
"Bruv, I swear this is gay!"
"Blad, I will shank you!"
...these are examples of common South London slang. My areas is quite nice and I don't often hear people coining these phrases in particular, but some of the respective words are tossed around a bit. Yes, I understand most of it, but I'm articulate enough not to speak it myself.
Not that I'm a snob.
In fact, if you want to hear more, this will probably fill you in. Really, check it out, it's hilarious:
English, innit?
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Re: English, innit?
Last edited by weirdfilms33 on Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:00 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Member number 33 of the "100 free films in 2012" club. I saw 32, which is rather delightful.. I beat Mr. Glass on free films but he narrowly inched me out on total films seen.
Member number 33 of the "100 free films in 2011" club. I saw 20, interestingly enough. My more realistic target was to see more free films than TheyCallMeMrGlass. I lost.
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Re: English, innit?
Wow, this got to page 2 quickly!
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Preferred cinema list:
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Re: English, innit?
b*ght/brought - really detest this one
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Re: English, innit?
Which is correct:
"Can you please email me a copy?"
or
"Can you email me a copy please?"
"Can you please email me a copy?"
or
"Can you email me a copy please?"
Member No. 2 of the "100 free films in 2015" club. 3 seen, 97 to go!
Realistic target: 5
Preferred cinema list:
1) Cineworld: West India Quays or Greenwich, 02, Vue Westfield - Stratford City or Picturehouse Stratford
2) Picturehouse Greenwich
3) Any central London cinema including Islington (excluding Shepherd's Bush, and Whiteleys unless it's some super duper cool film)
4) Odeon Greenwich or Odeon Surrey Quays
Realistic target: 5
Preferred cinema list:
1) Cineworld: West India Quays or Greenwich, 02, Vue Westfield - Stratford City or Picturehouse Stratford
2) Picturehouse Greenwich
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4) Odeon Greenwich or Odeon Surrey Quays
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Re: English, innit?
"Can I touch your face"weirdfilms33 wrote: "Hey Khutti! I think you're bare buff you kno!"
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Re: English, innit?
"cum hang my hood" really grates on me!!!
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Re: English, innit?
Both appear correct, it all depends on how you prefer to emphasise it.a_person wrote:Which is correct:
"Can you please email me a copy?"
or
"Can you email me a copy please?"
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My more realistic target is 80
20 seen so far, Páid for 0
Movie list 2019
29 seen 2018
53 seen 2017
61 seen 2016
86 seen 2015
71 seen 2014
90 seen 2013
77 seen 2012
69 seen 2011
60 seen 2010
Looking forward to in 2019: (Jan) Glass (Feb) (mar) Captain Marvel, (apr) Avengers: Endgame ,(May) (jun) Dark Phoenix, MIB: International (Jul) (aug) The new mutants, (sep) (oct) (nov) Kingsman 3 (dec)
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Re: English, innit?
and why some native speakers can't seem to be able to find the "Edit" button?
actually the thing that really drives me mad is when people SMS writes!
it's probably fine when you are native (still very annoying, I am guessing!), but most of the time it's completely unintelligible and very frustrating for the rest of us!
actually the thing that really drives me mad is when people SMS writes!
it's probably fine when you are native (still very annoying, I am guessing!), but most of the time it's completely unintelligible and very frustrating for the rest of us!
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Re: English, innit?
No you can't! Perve!wsc wrote:"Can I touch your face"weirdfilms33 wrote: "Hey Khutti! I think you're bare buff you kno!"
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- I don't want tickets for: documentaries coz I get bored easi....zzzzz
Re: English, innit?
I'm with our steve on that one. You might almost say the 2nd sentence as though there is a comma after copy and before please.
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