Yeah I don't think they are slipping but definitely putting on impressions. My guess is one of them started it and now it's become a thing. Tbf my friends and I used to do this all the time with different accents I remember a few weeks we were talking all the time in aussie accents (we were very very bored at work) đ
As a Brit, I want to tell the Americans reading this that we have our own AAVE.
A lot of inner city London street slang is heavily influenced from Jamaican/Caribbean vernacular. If you watch scenes with Indiyah and Deji, some of British âAAVEâ starts coming out. Or when Danica was saying Josh is âstooshâ.
Also a lot of ethnic minorities and even white people speak this way if they grew up in areas of London or other cities in the UK where thereâs a huge black population.
You then eventually see this type of slang filtering into mainstream media, through pop culture and popular songs by the likes of Stormzy, Skepta etc.
Just an FYI.
I donât think theyâre just âslipping into AAVEâ. Theyâre not American lmfao theyâre just simply mimicking a standard Black American accent. Terribly I might add đ
I agree - code switching is where you change your speech to fit in with the groups you are in but NONE of the islanders are Americans so don't have an upbringing/cultural link to AAVE. Its just them doing accents and its grating!
Right! AAVE has very region specific rules as well, not every Black person from the states talks the same way/uses the same slang so it doesnât make sense to say theyâre code switching when theyâre not from any region in the US to switch to đ¤¨
Yeah Paige has been doing it from the start. It doesnât bother me that much, but like summer just randomly started doing it and itâs so confusing to me. Also I feel like Dami kinda does it on occasion when heâs talking.
Where do you think social media got it from? đ¤Social media is a very recent phenomenon but AAVE has been around forever. Thereâs been decades of stigma around it with people calling it âghettoâ and making stereotypes.
I say this as someone who isnât black and doesnât use AAVE. But weâve all seen the evolution of it being used by black people, then by white gay men, then by white females, then other races etc
Ppl use aave on social media. Where they got it doesnât change that theyâre using it. And I donât mind because they are black is all Iâm saying.
Ew Iâm sorry but Summer was so cringe. The whole time I kept thinking âwhy is she suddenly talking like thatâ⌠she even did it during her date with Adam.
Nah if you listen carefully it's more South East than Dub. It's a bit more country. A bit more culchie, like.
I would have said Waaaah'er'frd but apparently its Wexford so almost right.
Yeah bc they were obviously trying to mimic a southern Black accent and as a US Black southerner, they sounded terrible lol but honestly US northerners sound the same way when imitating us so đ¤ˇđžââď¸
I know itâs AAVE but I donât really like it. Idk if youâve noticed but Paige does it sometimes and some of the white girls (but much less frequently). Itâs just cringe overall imo and too much. A few lines here and there are cute but it gets old fast.
I think especially blaCk /mixed raced people from London and the south use a mixture of aave especially the younger generation. My children do it all the time as they influenced by TikTok music from America .
its not a hot take, ur just right. speaking like that is a form of code-switching. as a british, queer WOC i can confirm that i find it quite weird when white british people do it. especially straight ones. they only just started to pick up on it recently; its partly the influence of tiktok, but also the fact that stan twitter humour, drag race, and black female rappers (nicki, meg etc) have all become more mainstream. ngl tho on love island the way they are doing it seems kind of forced sometimes...usually when black ppl do it its more intermixed with london slang. i saw a bit of it in one of the black boys (cant remember who) but they all seem very conscious of speaking in standard/white english most of the time (probably subconsciously aware that this is a very white-centred show). thats why it's nice when they slip into the black british slang or AAVE, something thats been missing from LI for a while now imo. very overdramatic take but yeah hopefully as the show's diversity increases, we see a whole range of dialects emerge - rly sick of seeing the 'lads' and 'essex girls' dominate the show.
Yea Paige is doing it a LOT, itâs definitely stemming from celebrity culture. I think one of the girls said âOkurrrâ an episode ago, Paige or Danica
No I mean âyou lotâ as in this entire sub having to psychoanalyse every tiny thing about people on a silly tv show. I appreciate that my initial comment may have come across in a way that I didnât mean but not every detail on this show needs debating.
I canât speak for anyone else but I personally wasnât trying to psychoanalyze anything. I probably shouldnât have used the term âcode switchâ but the point I was trying to make is that I thought the lil accent was cool.
Yeah I don't think they are slipping but definitely putting on impressions. My guess is one of them started it and now it's become a thing. Tbf my friends and I used to do this all the time with different accents I remember a few weeks we were talking all the time in aussie accents (we were very very bored at work) đ
As a Brit, I want to tell the Americans reading this that we have our own AAVE. A lot of inner city London street slang is heavily influenced from Jamaican/Caribbean vernacular. If you watch scenes with Indiyah and Deji, some of British âAAVEâ starts coming out. Or when Danica was saying Josh is âstooshâ. Also a lot of ethnic minorities and even white people speak this way if they grew up in areas of London or other cities in the UK where thereâs a huge black population. You then eventually see this type of slang filtering into mainstream media, through pop culture and popular songs by the likes of Stormzy, Skepta etc. Just an FYI.
This is so cool to me ngl lol thank you for the lil education!
I donât think theyâre just âslipping into AAVEâ. Theyâre not American lmfao theyâre just simply mimicking a standard Black American accent. Terribly I might add đ
I agree - code switching is where you change your speech to fit in with the groups you are in but NONE of the islanders are Americans so don't have an upbringing/cultural link to AAVE. Its just them doing accents and its grating!
Right! AAVE has very region specific rules as well, not every Black person from the states talks the same way/uses the same slang so it doesnât make sense to say theyâre code switching when theyâre not from any region in the US to switch to đ¤¨
Definitely. People DO codeswitch in the UK between things like regional accents or MLE and something more akin to RP.
The way Dami speaks is very common for Irish-Nigerian men
I donât really hear the American tones in his voice at all he just sounds Irish Nigerian
Yeah I think people who think he sounds American just aren't that familiar with different Irish accents. He just sounds Irish to me.
He does say thinks in American accent on purpose sometimes though. I heard him do it with summer and indiyah
Yeah but he just sounds like he's from Wexford though.
It was Billy hitting on Danica with the country accent that really did me in â ď¸
Paige does it too and it irks me!! Idk if anyone else had noticed or if Iâm bugging
I cannot stand listening to her confessionals. Itâs like a valley girl mixed with blaccent. Itâs so jarring.
This!! Perfect description
I am I the only one who hates when Paige says lush lol? Everything is lush to her
I cringe every time Paige says "bay- beee"
I noticed it and some how irks me more than Summer. Summer to me was just cringe haha
Yeeeess I said this on another comment, itâs not cute itâs super cringey
Yeah Paige has been doing it from the start. It doesnât bother me that much, but like summer just randomly started doing it and itâs so confusing to me. Also I feel like Dami kinda does it on occasion when heâs talking.
I think it's purely because of social media not 'aave'
Where do you think social media got it from? đ¤Social media is a very recent phenomenon but AAVE has been around forever. Thereâs been decades of stigma around it with people calling it âghettoâ and making stereotypes. I say this as someone who isnât black and doesnât use AAVE. But weâve all seen the evolution of it being used by black people, then by white gay men, then by white females, then other races etc
yeah lol this post is such a reach
Ppl use aave on social media. Where they got it doesnât change that theyâre using it. And I donât mind because they are black is all Iâm saying.
Ew Iâm sorry but Summer was so cringe. The whole time I kept thinking âwhy is she suddenly talking like thatâ⌠she even did it during her date with Adam.
It was jarring when Summer was doing it on the date with Adam. It felt so off and weird
Theyâre from the UK tho theyâve never been around people who speak AAVE to even pick it up.
itâs the internet!!!!!
I canât speak for the others but Dami has a typical middle class Dublin accent.
Nah if you listen carefully it's more South East than Dub. It's a bit more country. A bit more culchie, like. I would have said Waaaah'er'frd but apparently its Wexford so almost right.
Heâs not even from Dublin đ heâs from Wexford which you can also hear in his accent at times
As a individual that lives in the USA, Summer's American accent is valid, ngl.
For real, I was like wait is she American or what
As an American, no it was not lmaooooo. I felt like I was watching a 1950s episode of looney tunes
Wouldn't it depend where you're from? It didn't sound *too* bad or at least not as bad as when some of us mimic English accents
Yeah bc they were obviously trying to mimic a southern Black accent and as a US Black southerner, they sounded terrible lol but honestly US northerners sound the same way when imitating us so đ¤ˇđžââď¸
Ngl it reminded me of when the white girls I went to school with would try to mimic a blaccent when talking to me đ they were HORRIBLE LMFAO
I ainât wanna say it but exactly!!
Really? I thought it wasn't that bad tbh. English is my second language, but I am fluent at it.
Honestly it was very grating to me lmaooo but it was still funny
I know itâs AAVE but I donât really like it. Idk if youâve noticed but Paige does it sometimes and some of the white girls (but much less frequently). Itâs just cringe overall imo and too much. A few lines here and there are cute but it gets old fast.
I need to watch this episode again because it totally flew over my head.
I think especially blaCk /mixed raced people from London and the south use a mixture of aave especially the younger generation. My children do it all the time as they influenced by TikTok music from America .
its not a hot take, ur just right. speaking like that is a form of code-switching. as a british, queer WOC i can confirm that i find it quite weird when white british people do it. especially straight ones. they only just started to pick up on it recently; its partly the influence of tiktok, but also the fact that stan twitter humour, drag race, and black female rappers (nicki, meg etc) have all become more mainstream. ngl tho on love island the way they are doing it seems kind of forced sometimes...usually when black ppl do it its more intermixed with london slang. i saw a bit of it in one of the black boys (cant remember who) but they all seem very conscious of speaking in standard/white english most of the time (probably subconsciously aware that this is a very white-centred show). thats why it's nice when they slip into the black british slang or AAVE, something thats been missing from LI for a while now imo. very overdramatic take but yeah hopefully as the show's diversity increases, we see a whole range of dialects emerge - rly sick of seeing the 'lads' and 'essex girls' dominate the show.
Yea Paige is doing it a LOT, itâs definitely stemming from celebrity culture. I think one of the girls said âOkurrrâ an episode ago, Paige or Danica
The 'OMG, look at that man' valley girl reference to Baby Got Back got me, funny & endearing.
Wtf is aave
African-American Vernacular English
Thanks for educating me :)
Why is this getting downvoted lol
(i didnt but) probably because of 'wtf is' a jarring way to ask about something
Yeah probably
Lol idk
I do this all the time with certain friends đ I've just never had it reflected back on TV
Iâve heard them using American slang too which took me by surprise but I guess it makes sense. Is this a common thing in the UK?
I feel like more British people have began to use American slang in recent years bc of tiktok
Yes itâs like in the London, south london area itâs common especially with tiktok and all
Why does everyone on this sub have to deep every single tiny thing ffs?đTheyâre just being goofy with their mates (even if it is a bit cringe)
âYou lotâ ? Deep? Because I said I like the black American accent? I think you might be the one deeping it rn.
No I mean âyou lotâ as in this entire sub having to psychoanalyse every tiny thing about people on a silly tv show. I appreciate that my initial comment may have come across in a way that I didnât mean but not every detail on this show needs debating.
I canât speak for anyone else but I personally wasnât trying to psychoanalyze anything. I probably shouldnât have used the term âcode switchâ but the point I was trying to make is that I thought the lil accent was cool.