Street Slang Leekin into Dubstep Culture?

[doctorkinetic]

i read the title and i could only think of this

Oh, I get it now- took me a minute

[forensix (mcr)]

i read the title and i could only think of this

Oh, I get it now- took me a minute

defeated by my ultra quick wit

[joseph-j]

u cant be serious....this aint doa....overanalyzing everything or whhhhhhha!!?!?!

Seems to be something this board is good at.

[shonky]

u cant be serious....this aint doa....overanalyzing everything or whhhhhhha!!?!?!

Seems to be something this board is good at.

Hmmmmnnnn....interesting, might have to look at the sociological implications of that statement.

[kion]

Same thing's been happening with cockney throughout the south for years. Brighton, with it's well-to-do, predominantly middle-class population seems to be way too fond of affecting London slang when they've blatantly never lived there. When they do meet up with folks who use the language as natives, they often seem a bit worried. Always fascinating to notice how people's accents change depending on circumstances, like the difference in their voices in chatting to mates or their parents.

Brighton is full of ex Londoners, or people with London origins, and always has been (as it's comparitively close geographically) - hence the similarity in the accent compared to other parts of Sussex (which are more 'yokelised'). Nothing to do with people 'emulating' another accent lol

You hear a typical Brighton taxi driver, and he'll sound cockney.

And as for Brightoners being predominently 'well-to-do' - I think you'll find it the other way round. It's only the facade of a few new buildings that give that misconception.

[shonky]

Same thing's been happening with cockney throughout the south for years. Brighton, with it's well-to-do, predominantly middle-class population seems to be way too fond of affecting London slang when they've blatantly never lived there. When they do meet up with folks who use the language as natives, they often seem a bit worried. Always fascinating to notice how people's accents change depending on circumstances, like the difference in their voices in chatting to mates or their parents.

Brighton is full of ex Londoners, or people with London origins, and always has been (as it's comparitively close geographically) - hence the similarity in the accent compared to other parts of Sussex (which are more 'yokelised'). Nothing to do with people 'emulating' another accent lol

You hear a typical Brighton taxi driver, and he'll sound cockney.

And as for Brightoners being predominently 'well-to-do' - I think you'll find it the other way round. It's only the facade of a few new buildings that give that misconception.

Yeah understood. Think a lot of the Londoners coming down seem to be the property ladder wankers I tend to hate though. There's a lot of posh crusties but yeah, a sweeping generalisation nonetheless

[Whistla]

Same thing's been happening with cockney throughout the south for years. Brighton, with it's well-to-do, predominantly middle-class population seems to be way too fond of affecting London slang when they've blatantly never lived there. When they do meet up with folks who use the language as natives, they often seem a bit worried. Always fascinating to notice how people's accents change depending on circumstances, like the difference in their voices in chatting to mates or their parents.

Brighton is full of ex Londoners, or people with London origins, and always has been (as it's comparitively close geographically) - hence the similarity in the accent compared to other parts of Sussex (which are more 'yokelised'). Nothing to do with people 'emulating' another accent lol

You hear a typical Brighton taxi driver, and he'll sound cockney.

And as for Brightoners being predominently 'well-to-do' - I think you'll find it the other way round. It's only the facade of a few new buildings that give that misconception.

i hate the way that "cockney" keeps gettin used as a general catch-all for for people from London.

According to tradition, the strict definition is limited to those born within earshot (generally taken to be three miles) of the Bow Bells

due to the expansion of the east end this strict definition was extended to include areas further east. but dont confuse people from west london as being cockneys yeh. they are from west london and hav quite dif accents, imo
rant over, lol

[shonky]

Same thing's been happening with cockney throughout the south for years. Brighton, with it's well-to-do, predominantly middle-class population seems to be way too fond of affecting London slang when they've blatantly never lived there. When they do meet up with folks who use the language as natives, they often seem a bit worried. Always fascinating to notice how people's accents change depending on circumstances, like the difference in their voices in chatting to mates or their parents.

Brighton is full of ex Londoners, or people with London origins, and always has been (as it's comparitively close geographically) - hence the similarity in the accent compared to other parts of Sussex (which are more 'yokelised'). Nothing to do with people 'emulating' another accent lol

You hear a typical Brighton taxi driver, and he'll sound cockney.

And as for Brightoners being predominently 'well-to-do' - I think you'll find it the other way round. It's only the facade of a few new buildings that give that misconception.

i hate the way that "cockney" keeps gettin used as a general catch-all for for people from London.

According to tradition, the strict definition is limited to those born within earshot (generally taken to be three miles) of the Bow Bells

due to the expansion of the east end this strict definition was extended to include areas further east. but dont confuse people from west london as being cockneys yeh. they are from west london and hav quite dif accents, imo
rant over, lol

Oops my bad.

Shouldn't say nowt really, my folks are from Essex lol

[Jubz]

Lots of people arguing over scraps here.

[shonky]

Mind you I can remember a mate from London referring to EVERYONE outside London as sheep shaggers

[parson]

i feel you guys on this one

nothing gets my blood boiling like some WEST austin dickhead trying to front like he's got an EAST austin accent

[parson]

pinches bollios tryna front on batos like they down w/ la raza en el barrio

[pangaea]

The evolution of language is great, and should be embraced.

Brap = 'hello'

[parson]

QUE TRAIS PENDEJOS

NO QUIERES CHINGASO CONMIGO UNNASTAND

[unlikely]

my leeking yoghurt has created an interesting bacterial culture

[parson]

i didn't get the leek thing

[dj krave]

dubstep culture? did i miss something?

[pompende]

i would say dubstep is more a culture than a genre, tbh.

wodehouse is fucking don.

i really did talk about this in my "history of english course" today.

think its real funny about "thing" coming from the danish "ting". and now "ting" is english slang.

[shonky]

Love that old Jeeves and Wooster stuff, very funny writer Wodehouse. Something about it still seems timeless.

[lucky_strike]

for thoes who know, and thoes who dont http://www.urbandictionary.com/

brrap, get me