Hi, Dave. You wrote "I thought that "innit" was entering the English language to compensate for the lack of an equivalent phrase to the German "nicht wahr", innit/nicht wahr."

You are right. Trouble is, innit is missing a letter - it's dialect for "isn't it?"

Funny thing about Emma Thompson's contempt for 'innit.' I just read an escapist novel set in London and involving the person who was 34th in line for the throne. She had an upscale acquaintance named Featherstonehaugh - pronounced, of course, 'Fanshaw.'

She could (but didn't) have had another friend named Cholmondelay (pronounced 'Chumley.') They could have gone to Saint ('Sen') Joseph's Church and seen a girl (gel) along the way, but they didn't.

My point is that all these sloppy pronunciations are considered posh, and it's 'in' to know them. However, if a poor person leaves the s out of 'isn't it' his language is deemed ugly, and he's vulgar and ignorant.

Not very logical is it?