Posted: Mar 14, 2019 8:42 am
by surreptitious57
Dialogue is more flexible than text as abbreviation is useful when talking especially when talking quickly
But some times it just goes too far . The bastardisation of isnt it ? to innit ? is the classic example of this
As a phrase it is vulgar and the original is far better even if more energy is required for the extra syllable

Stephen Frys pet hate are statements asked as questions due to the inflection at the end of the sentence
Apparently rather popular with young Australian women for some reason though he didnt elaborate why