just wondering.....
2006-07-13 11:51:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
must be summit in the water !
2006-07-13 11:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by marmitemanuk 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take the advice of Stuart T. DO NOT CONFUSE BRITS WITH ENGLISH!
Britons can come from anywhere, Many foreigners have British passports and they can call them selves Brits!
I am English because I was born there.
Summat like that anyway!
2006-07-14 08:45:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For one thing, it's summat, and for another, only northern Englismen say that.
They're also the same people who say aye and nay.
Possibly people in the west country, midlands or Devon as well, I haven't been there for a while.
But there are loads of different dialects here, I myself say something like everyone in the south.
2006-07-15 11:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by AndyB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may be typical of a northern english dialect whereas someone from south east england may pronounce it sahm fink. I doubt you would hear someone from Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland using such pronounciation. Do not mistake British with English.
2006-07-13 19:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by Auld Bawsack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because of something called a 'regional accent'. We have always been a diverse nation. It was only with the introduction of radio and television that we mostly began to talk this way.
2006-07-13 18:55:59 · answer #5 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regional variations of speech abound in the English speaking world,so why did you single out one example?You would have been better asking why many Americans grammatically inaccurately employ a double negative to express a negative,like,'It ain't no good.'
2006-07-13 22:41:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the welsh speak a little more of the queens english than her own people, so let the english stand alone and be the minority in this country, look up to the welsh,scottish and the irish ! CELTS RULE !
2006-07-13 20:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by kevthekat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only some do , like some sau innit instead of is'nt it. Regional accents through up all sorts of lovely variations.
2006-07-13 18:54:45 · answer #8 · answered by dopeysaurus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a london essex thing.... wotcha, fing (thing), innit (isn't it)sumfing -same as summit, I fink ( I think)- I could go on but it's as tedious to write as it is to hear!!
But we don't all speak that way....
2006-07-13 18:59:44 · answer #9 · answered by Vertigogo... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's more of a regional thing, depending on your accent
2006-07-19 10:37:23 · answer #10 · answered by Dawn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋