Why are the English always complaining about not having an English 'identity'.Doesn't the word 'chav' sum most

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of modern English culture?

ie isn't chav the new cultural identity?

1.The best selling newspapers are chav.

2.The most popular TV programmes are chav (eg Eastenders, Corrie)

3.The educational system is being dumbed down so that even chavs can get good grades.

4. Many town centres are no go areas in the evening due to chavs.

Truly England has become the land of the worthless chav.

Answer 1

It's more a turning around of being proud to be educated and civilised, to being proud to be obscene, uneducated and dumbing yourself down. Maybe our society is becoming downwardly mobile...

Answer 2

Chav (also Chavette (female chav), Charv or Charva) is a slang term in wide use throughout the United Kingdom since 2004. It refers to a subcultural stereotype of people fixated on fashions such as flashy "bling" jewelry, and genuine or knock-off designer clothing with the beige Burberry pattern (which has since been discontinued by the company), and such brands as Adidas and Nike; typically an uneducated and uncultured background; a tendency to congregate around places such as fast-food outlets, bus stops, car parks or other shopping areas; and a culture of antisocial behaviour and violence closely associated with ASBOs. Many regard chavs to have a musical taste mainly including garage, RnB, and hip hop. Response to the term has ranged from amusement to criticism that it is a new manifestation of classism.

The English (I'm not one) DO have an identity - and it certainly is not 'chav' !

Answer 3

think ofyou've have been given a thoroughly incorrect thought of this u . s .. ok there are yobbos or chavs as you call them ,yet no longer all that many. There are plenty greater youngsters attending faculties and 6th varieties,taking place to Uni than there are yobs. Take my grandkids as an occasion. The eldest at 18 is basically ending college and has taken his A ranges. He expects to circulate to Brighton Uni in the fall to do media examine and German. yet another grandson is in school analyzing drama,and is a prepared member of a community dramatic team and has those days known in a plenty acclaimed teach.2 of my granddaughters are analyzing dance and function known in numerous community exhibits and musicals.yet another grandaughter is in her penultimate 365 days at extreme college and is likewise media and languages. analyzing None of those ,or their acquaintances must be defined as chavs. those style of infants are the final public of infants in the present day. The yobs and chavs are those that get the exposure yet they're very plenty in the minority.England is plenty greater effective than the image you paint.