It's a common feature in london dialects, and south eastern dialects - mainly east anglian and estuary/essex. Although, saying that urban youths are slowly changing over to a jamaican style tink instead, so it's getting less common in london.
AndersWolleck said:
sometimes people from the UK say "fink" instead of "think"
is that an accent thing or a regional thing? or just people not talking correctly
Depends on the regional accent you're talking about.
ok, are there regions in the UK where people might talk like that?
honestly you could hear somebody from anywhere in the uk say it , its not regional its just a chav thing
Ok, now what's a chav?
It's a derogatory term for a particular working class subculture that has absorbed a lot of influence from hip hop culture and british football culture, amongst other things.
I would argue against it being a class thing specifically.
If anything, it's a cultural thing. Certain people of a certain group in a certain area might say it.
AndersWolleck said:
sometimes people from the UK say "fink" instead of "think"
is that an accent thing or a regional thing? or just people not talking correctly
Depends on the regional accent you're talking about.
ok, are there regions in the UK where people might talk like that?
honestly you could hear somebody from anywhere in the uk say it , its not regional its just a chav thing
Ok, now what's a chav?
It's a derogatory term for a particular working class subculture that has absorbed a lot of influence from hip hop culture and british football culture, amongst other things.
Yes, all that's true. I suppose it would be more tied to class than to region. For example, if you've ever heard the hip hop group from Birmingham The Streets, they say "fink", but come to think of it, I've never heard any middle-class Brummies say that. So yeah, it's a working class thing. AKA chav.
Salome said:
Yes, all that's true. I suppose it would be more tied to class than to region. For example, if you've ever heard the hip hop group from Birmingham The Streets, they say "fink", but come to think of it, I've never heard any middle-class Brummies say that. So yeah, it's a working class thing. AKA chav.
To be fair, I always thought with The Streets he's more trying to sound Cockney.
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February 2003
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