The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #167435   Message #4038783
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
10-Mar-20 - 10:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: New Speak: words they are achangin
Subject: RE: BS: New Speak: words they are achangin
"Innit" I take as ending a comment with a request for confirmation (or an opportunity to challenge).
It is not really a new construction, older English might have had a statement followed with "is it not?", or "isn't it?. Even French sentences can be ended with "n'est-ce pas?". Is that not so?