This is a kind of English that linguists have called Multicultural London English, or MLE for short. Sometimes MLE goes by the name 'Jafaican', at least in the media.
African-American English (AAE) is the umbrella term for English dialects spoken predominantly by Black people in the United States and, less often, in Canada; most commonly, it refers to a dialect continuum ranging from African-American Vernacular English to more standard American English.
Roadman slang is the everyday language many young people use in London and other UK cities. It's a mix of different influences: Cockney rhymes, Jamaican Patois, and other urban dialects. This blend creates a unique way of speaking that changes all the time.
Black South African English. Black South African English, or BSAE, is spoken by individuals whose first language is an indigenous African tongue. BSAE is considered a "new" English because it has emerged through the education system among second-language speakers in places where English is not the majority language.
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Is black English a creole?
However, a minority of linguists argue that the vernacular shares so many characteristics with African creole languages spoken around the world that it could have originated as a creole or semi-creole language, distinct from the English language, before undergoing decreolization.
Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle class roots.
This is the 'Windrush Generation', named after the SS Empire Windrush, the ship that brought the first Jamaicans who were invited to come and work in Britain after the war. They brought their language - Jamaican Creole or 'Patois' - and this sowed the seed that, 40 years later, would become MLE.
Black British people or Black Britons are a multi-ethnic group of British people of Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean descent. The term Black British developed referring to Black British people from the former British West Indies (sometimes called the Windrush Generation), and from Africa.
African-American Vernacular English, commonly known today as Black English, is a dialect spoken by many Black Americans. In the 1970s, a group of scholars coined it as Ebonics (a combination of ebony + phonics) with the intention of eliminating the negative connotations attributed to individuals who spoke it.
But it drives some people crazy when they hear the word aks used instead of ask. Aks and ask are both from Britain. The fact that ask became standard is just an accident. Black people say aks because slaves worked on plantations with people who said aks, that's all.
Ain't meaning didn't is widely considered unique to African-American Vernacular English, although it can be found in some dialects of Caribbean English as well. It may function not as a true variant of didn't, but as a creole-like tense-neutral negator (sometimes termed "generic ain't").
This well known British word is unique because it's actually a slang contraction. It's a shortened form of the phrase isn't it. Innit has roots in the Asian and Jamaican communities in London. It was also popularized by Ali G, a fictional British character played by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
It is synonymous with casual greetings like What's up? or What's happening? 2022/11/28. Wagwan is a way to say "What's going on?" It originated from Jamaican English, which was used throughout the Jamaican diaspora, especially in South London.
Received Pronunciation (RP) is the accent of British English regarded as the standard one, carrying the highest social prestige, since as late as the beginning of the 20th century. It is also commonly referred to as the Queen's or King's English.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a Geordie is 'A native or inhabitant of Tyneside or a neighbouring region of north-east England', or 'The dialect or accent of people from Tyneside, esp. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or (more generally) neighbouring regions of north-east England. '
West Ham United is traditionally a club of working class Londoners who often relate to themselves as 'the cockney boys', while Millwall (although being set in working class London) identifies more with the geographical area (South London) where they are situated, than with their heritage.
Pookie is unique in that it has always existed across racial and ethnic lines. It's common for AAVE and Southern White varieties to have overlap in the geographic area the term originates from, explained Holliday.
In fact, this Imma (also spelled I'ma, I'mma, Ima, and I'm a) is not the contraction I'm followed by a, but a contraction of I'm gonna — which, of course, is a contraction of I'm going to, which is itself a contraction of I am going to. The progression from I'm gonna to Imma involves two common phonetic processes.
