What Exactly Does "innit" Mean?

[sikhness]

Hey Sangat Ji...

WJKK WJKF,

I had a question and I know it's stupid.. I'm not from the UK, and i've only been there once when i was really young and do plan on goin again very soon.... but what exactly does the word "innit" stand for... i've heard this word in many contexts... at first i thought it mean "isn't it".. but then it was used in places where you don't have a need for that phrase.... please excuse me for my naiveity, but i was just wondering if someone could let me know.... thanks.....

WJKK WJKF

[heart]

ive been told it stands for 'isn't it', or 'right?'

[chandanjit kaur]

same here..."right?" and stuff like that i guess....i personally find that work annoying :D

[open_ur_eyes]

It's slang innit! Yeah you are right sikhness it means isn't it. Comes from the so called cockney accent of East London, but for some bizarre reason it has caught on and is used by people living in other areas of the Uk. What a shame as I only speak the Queen's English innit. :D

[Singh With Dunalli]

British say "Init" a lot.

Canadians say "Eh" a lot.

Americans say "Huh" a lot.

Australians say "Oye" a lot.

It's alllll goood, we from the hoooood. :D :nihungsmile:

[_K_]

LOL innitttttt = isnt it

its the same as punjabi ppl saying "hunna" at the end of evry sentence

hunna comes from the hindi "haina" also meaning isnt it :D lol

[Revolutionary]

What do u call a townie in a box..

in-it

u get it huna?

[AkaalSeva-EL]

init's init aint it! :D :D

[Akhoza]

LOL innitttttt = isnt it

its the same as punjabi ppl saying "hunna" at the end of evry sentence

hunna comes from the hindi "haina" also meaning isnt it :D lol

LOL YOU SHOULD KNOW you use hunna all the time

Init is mainly used by Londoners the say way people from the Midlands tend to use 'yh,' i thought they meant 'you get me.' :s :D

[king singh]

1. (British slang, esp. Asian, i.e. Indian, Pakistani, etc.)

Contraction of "isn't it", "isn't he/she", "aren't they", "isn't there" and many other end-of-sentence questions. For greatest effect use in places where it would make no sense whatsoever if expanded.

2. General positive exclamation meaning "yes, I agree!"

Derives from the chav/townie/pikey sub-culture, but falsely over-labbeled on the British Asian Communities. Innit is a shortened version of is it not, in context, it would be "is it not?" which we can see is a question due to the required question mark and change in the pitch of the voice to indicate a question is being asked. Chavs, however, due to their lack of education (zero GCSEs) and ignorance towards learning English at school because "i already speaks it, innit", tend to, more often than not, use the term innit when a statement has been used, rather than a question.

Linguists and scientists have studied chav language and have determined the following:

1) they have tried to invent their own language

2) this is because they do no understand standard English

3) they use their "pikey-speak" to communicate with other like chavs

4) they speak in a pattern:

5) (noun), (obscene word), (verb), (subject), (innit)!

6) the pattern of speech repeats itself

7) the order may be altered according to IQ of the chav

Use it instead of a full stop

Expressing agreement or conformity within a chav community. Also used as a comparitive phrase or additional word trailing the sentence.

This word originates in "Chutney" or "Hinglish", a hybrid of English and words local to the region of India/Pakistan. It found its way into white street slang, and thus its association with "chavs" was born.

It is not linked to lack of education or "chavness", being perfectly acceptable to say in any company.

:D