where to learn more about the shortened non formal form of british saying?

Question

In the UK, there are people who said " innit " (short form) instead of saying " isnt it ' .and other different shortened words..............
i dont know where can i find a book which have all the common kind of shortened everyday english to read,
i went online and saw someone said" one cannot find this kind of book in a grammar book, one can only know by listening and ask.
i think this method is no point for me. It is not a practical way, first, i cannot always stop the speaker and ask him to explain the meaning to me.
second, if i cannot know what words he is talking about, how can i write down what he is talking about, --if i cannot know the word from their sound (pronunciation) they speak, how can i write down the words they said (if i know, i dont need to ask later), and ask someone else to explain the meaning and the long form for the words later.could you think of a way? it is important for me to understand every single word of the sentence the british said, i need to fully understand in order to survive in everyday life.

(1) anyone can give me a solution?
(2) any help from online?
(3) online slang dictionary or usual slang words ?
(4) is innit 'bad english"? but if such kind of usage is common, i have to learn.
(5) any more other shortened non formal speaking words?
i am a foreigner.

Answer 1

Very many English words have shortened forms which are commonly used. For example,the first answerer used the word 'wud' for 'would' in a sentence confirming 'innit' to be bad English!(sorry,Cass,nothing personal). Wud is often used in sending text messages on mobile phones,because it uses only three letters instead of five,but sounds the same,and no meaning is lost. Abreviations like b4 for 'before' and h8 for 'hate',l8 for 'late',cuz or cus for 'because' have even been used in examination answers in schools because young people commonly use these forms when sending text messages. Whether this is viewed as creative economy of language or as terrible English will be an ongoing debate for a long time to come.All regional dialects have their own abreviated forms,and it is sometimes difficult for English people to understand others from a different region. For people from other countries,it can be extremely difficult. English is not alone in this,however. In South American Spanish,many syllables which are present in the written word are not present in the spoken word. The mountain 'Acongagua',for example,is pronounced Akkongower,with the 'ga' unsounded. Speakers of formal 'Castillian' Spanish would have a hard time trying to understand spoken South American Spanish. For native English speakers for whom Spanish may be weak second language,it is almost impossible.The Urban Dictionary,already mentioned,is a useful resource,and is updated regularly,to try to keep up with our ever-changing language. Grammatically correct formal English is only likely to be seen in academic papers and text-books,and the 'high-end' newspapers like The Times and The Guardian but even they use more colloquial forms of English increasingly often.

Answer 2

yes its clear youre a foreigner.

use : www.urbandictionary.com

innit wud be thought of as bad english yeah

theres lots of shortened words, u have london speak but they shorten stuff up north as well - more adults speak slang up there but just go on that website

Answer 3

because the english language changes so much now there isn't a book about it, i don't think, you're better off just asking english people the colloquial ways of saying things.

Answer 4

Words like "innit" are known as non-standard English.



Also, word like "cannot" are shortened into "can't".



"Should not" is shortened to "shouldn't"



"Would not" - "wouldn't"



You'll get the hang of it soon.

Answer 5

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