[Gllug] Monthly GLLUG grammar report

Tue Nov 26 19:12:56 UTC 2002

On Tue 26 Nov, Alain Williams wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 09:55:54AM -0000, Daniel Andersson wrote:
> 
> > i mean, a lot of people in essex say "innit" after every sentence they say
> > "are you going into town, INNIT?", which _I_ think shows a lack of
> > confidence and intelligence
> 
> Just the Essex (note capitalisation - since we are being pedantic) localisation
> of the "y'know" that you hear elsewhere -- equally grating after the 20th
> incantation.
> 
   The first time I heard innit repeated after almost every sentence was
about 20 years ago, used by immigrants from Africa for whom English was not
their native language.

-- 
Chris Bell


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