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.

Its not even Jamaican ,its American

If it's American why then do English kids try speaking with the accent? Makes no sense to me. Perhaps I should start speaking with a French accent, always loved the sound of French accents and the French are cool aren't they?

Why is it so hard for people to understand that someone from an estate in South/North London whatever is going to talk differently than someone living in Belgravia etc. It all comes down to surroundings. Same way someone from Buckinghamshire or Windsor will probably speak with an inflated posh accent. To the people who speak "Gangster" this would be seen as put on and probably fake.

Who are we to judge how someone else speaks? *shrug*

We have 7 year olds near me who talk this way all "Innit," shaking fingers like twats, if this was my child it would be nipped in the bud, but sadly ,this is chav culture,I may start talking in Italian accent as this is my fav ,but dont think a mix of Italian and broad Yorkshire would blend very well

Probably because half the kids today speaking with this ridiculous, fake, accent were not raised on estates in London. No, many are from posh or middle class backgrounds trying to look cool? Just like that idiot Aiden in Big Brother last year. From a good background yet spoke like a gangsta WHY?!

I live in Cheshire and i hear kids round here talking like that. Obviously put on.

I would never have tired of slapping Aden last year and if i were his mother I would have burnt all the stupid"gangsta "caps too

Agree, Aden is a classic example of a basically middle class kid trying to look cool but instead coming across as a total prat. I think the schools should refuse to speak to these kids if they speak this rubbish and nip it in the bud as soon as. It's ruining the English Language.

BIB... I love your way with words sometimes lol

7 year old Ali G `s !!!!!!

Totally agree

God help us all

The future is bleak ,if one of mine DARE to talk like that I wold wash their mouths out with soap !!

It's all this stupid emphasis of over pronouncing their "Cs" to sound like "Ks" that also does my head in. That with those stupid hand gestures, what's that all about?????

Aden was hardly from a Middle Class,posh area. It's fully understandable why he could speak like that. Same way Harvey and Ashley do aswell. As for "gangster caps" chuff...Really? lol

Dont get me started !!!!!! :devil::devil::devil: all my 4 children ,even thought they were born and raised in Yorkshire, and I speak pretty broad Yorkshire ,all talk nice, no accent, I used to pull them up from an early age if they spoke slang, or what i call lazy talk,its not hard to do, but chav parents speak like they are from the Bronx ,so what hope do the kids have?

its true.

fair enough if they are actually from the streets and are uneducated.

but you get the ones who have been in college even had degrees from uni and pretty much lived their childhood as middle class citizens, yet at some point out of nowhere starts talking like they lived in the ghetto. #cringe

its true.

fair enough if they are actually from the streets and are uneducated.

but you get the ones who have been in college even had degrees from uni and pretty much lived their childhood as middle class citizens, yet at some point out of nowhere starts talking like they lived in the ghetto. #cringe

YES gangsta ,sparkly caps, worn at a stupid angle ,jeans 4 sizes too big half way down their legs

Agree, my point exactly.

It's a fashion accessory.

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Gangsta???

It's a London accent.
I have it.
Doesn't matter your ancestoral origins Londoners talk London.
As for the tone of his voice it's very manly when he isn't excited. I like.:hugesmile:

Its not, its a "I look a twat" look

Is it chuff a london accent, its chav Bronx talk,Londoners dont call people "Dude,Homey" they say cock sparrow !!