Friday, November 17, 2017

slang - What does みてえじゃ in this sentence mean?


What does みてえじゃ in this sentence mean ?




困ってるみてえじゃねえか。




Answer



It's just another example of the ai-to-ee sound change found mainly in dialectal or male speech, which is described here and here.


困ってるみてえじゃねえか is the same as 困ってるみたいじゃないか.


In case you don't know みたい, see this.


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