British speech anomaly, (isn't it)?

Factual Questions
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As I’ve said before everything I’ve learned about the King’s English I’ve learned from watching the BBC here in America. Something I’ve noticed is that Brits tends to, I don’t know if there’s a word for it, but they tend to ‘reconfirm’ everything. In other words they say things like:

She didn’t do that, did she?
or
That’s not what happened, is it?
or
I didn’t do that, did I?

IOW they add a confirmation at the end of any declaration. We certainly do that in the US, but it seems like Brits do it much more consistently.

Is this a regional thing? Or a British thing? Or am I just crazy, aren’t I? :slight_smile:

2

It’s just how some people talk there, innit.

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4

I’ve never thought of this as a Brit thing. I hear Merkins do it all the time.

5

L’anglais, c’est tellement bizarre, n’est-ce pas?

6

There’s also the tag affirmation, as in “Dropped ‘im like a sack o’ potatoes, he did!”

7

Can I just say… wow.

8

Und die französische Sprache, nicht wahr?

9

A helpful guide to ordering office furniture, innit.

10

The thread right above this one is talking about exactly this, in another form. Americans say, “right?”, “you know what I mean?”, “yeah?” or apparently some (mainly youth) just inflect their voice up as if seeking confirmation on every single sentence.

I don’t think it’s particularly British at all.