How to Speak Chav (Essex)
Posted on November 7, 2006 by lenina
I just had to LOL today when coming across this little example of how to speak Essex:
“alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item.”
–> (Guess what it means)
Filed under: Daily life, London
How much is it?
Btw, what was that dictionary called that you used recently to explain this term? (chav) Dictionary of Urban languague?
for UK slang I’d use http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ - this has all the puerile stuff (t*ts and a*se)
http://www.urbandictionary.com/ is more AE-based but also has a lot of BE expression.
I don’t know where I looked up the definition of chav - maybe Wikipedia?
Peevish defines it as follows:
Noun. A person, usually of poorly educated, working class origin, who dresses casually in designer sportswear and vulgar jewellery. Chavs are generally viewed as an ignorant under-class with a propensity for criminal or loutish behaviour. Usually derog. [Orig. South-west. Popular from early 2000s]
edit: ‘How much is it?’ is correct
yo sup im a chav innit don b dissn me mate al get me ma on yer … yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lets bounce diggin it homie hahaha im not a chav really but they are cooooooooooooooooool i wana b a chav, sup nigga? choolookinat ? flooor it ayeeeeeee
WTF YE DOIN M8 LABBERIN BOUT CHAVS ND MILLIES
UZ CUZ WE R CHAVS DNT EAN NAFIN
N EM JOCKS R WELL DA WORST
WAT A GURL CHAV WER ON ER WEDDIN DAY A WHITE TRACKIE
EY NAT WAT E WER
:L YEOO NOT REALLY A CHAV =]
LOL @ that comment.
I’ve read it 10 times and I still don’t understand a word of it.
It’s something called standard english
Eever heard of it?
Thought not.
Well maybe you should try using it once in a while. really helps.
I have never found after 30 years of living in Sarrfend (Southend-on-Sea), anybody who speaks like this.
I have also never met a ’sharon’ or ‘tracey’ whilst clubbing.
Are people from outside Essex really that ignorant that they believe this junk?