Dressing - as well as language - can define a person and here, Jamal discusses what cultural slot people might put him into. If you dress in Fred Perry should you be into Oasis or garage music?
The participants were asked to describe how they spoke in their own words.
How do you describe your accent: "A big jumble of middle-class English, Sheffield, London, West Indian and possibly British Asian influences."
Have there been other influences on the way you speak: Not Given
Do you have skills in languages other than English?: No
Other languages: None
JAMAL: I think for a mixed race boy dash black boy, whatever you wanna say I'm probably quite different, I mean I dress, a lot like, a lot of my mates like take the piss saying 'you look like you're in Oasis or something' 'cause I do dress kinda 'white boy English' in a way, if you can put that in inverted commas if you can imagine it. Like I wear my Fred Perrys and like stuff like that whereas that's not a typical black trend. I think that's just me, I think, I think I like prefer having the individuality of dressing in stuff that nobody else is dressing in plus most the stuff I've got I like pride myself on 'cos I've never seen anybody else in 'alf the stuff I've got like this top, it's one of my favourite tops 'cos I've never seen one person anywhere with this top. I like doing stuff different and standing out a bit. I probably have exactly the same interests and like likes as you two, I mean I know you two are into garage and that, I'm big in my garage do you know what I mean but you wouldn't expect me to be, you'd expect me to be into Oasis or something do you know what I mean - you can say it man, ripped up jeans and that but like me being into all that sort of stuff and still dressing the way I dress, I think it's character really.
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