[Robertocarlo]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

But the parents dont even talk like this,

This is my point, often you hear white kids speaking in the same "gangsta" accent not just those from Afro-Caribbean or Asian backgrounds. The parents speak what I call "normally" yet the kids speak in this false, put on accent trying to be "cool". Why?

My father was from Clyde Bank near Glasgow. He had a strong accent all his life. I'm one of five kids and not none of us speaks with a Glaswegian accent. We were raised in Surrey so have more of a south London accent. Thus, I don't fall for the idea that the kids speak like this because that's how their parents speak. Besides, I hear almost no elderly Afro-Caribbean people speak with this stupid "gangsta" accent. It's totally put on and false.