Why do brits say summit instead of something?

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rose

slang

Auld Bawsack

This may be typical of a northern english dialect whereas someone from south east england may pronounce it sahm fink. I doubt you would hear someone from Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland using such pronounciation. Do not mistake British with English.

efhire

because we are lazy

englishgirl16

two reasons
they are typing in text language
or they are a chav

sarah c

Its because of something called a 'regional accent'. We have always been a diverse nation. It was only with the introduction of radio and television that we mostly began to talk this way.

Vertigogo...

It's a london essex thing.... wotcha, fing (thing), innit (isn't it)sumfing -same as summit, I fink ( I think)- I could go on but it's as tedious to write as it is to hear!!
But we don't all speak that way....

amfound2

Take the advice of Stuart T. DO NOT CONFUSE BRITS WITH ENGLISH!
Britons can come from anywhere, Many foreigners have British passports and they can call them selves Brits!
I am English because I was born there.
Summat like that anyway!

engineer

Do we??? Not all

harry

IT'S ONLY THE ENGLISH , NOT THE SCOT'S , WELSH OR NTH.IRELAND

dopeysaurus

Only some do , like some sau innit instead of is'nt it. Regional accents through up all sorts of lovely variations.

kevthekat

the welsh speak a little more of the queens english than her own people, so let the english stand alone and be the minority in this country, look up to the welsh,scottish and the irish ! CELTS RULE !

Ian S

only the common ones do dear!

Fat Bob

Regional variations of speech abound in the English speaking world,so why did you single out one example?You would have been better asking why many Americans grammatically inaccurately employ a double negative to express a negative,like,'It ain't no good.'

marmitemanuk

must be summit in the water !

Dawn

I think it's more of a regional thing, depending on your accent

waddyisme

Lazy doll scum have lazy accents. I say "something"

ellysium06

Forthe same reason Yanks say 'Y'all' instead of 'All of you'

AndyB

For one thing, it's summat, and for another, only northern Englismen say that.

They're also the same people who say aye and nay.

Possibly people in the west country, midlands or Devon as well, I haven't been there for a while.

But there are loads of different dialects here, I myself say something like everyone in the south.

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