Noah Baby Food
Well-known member
I don't really think chav is up there with any of those racial slurs...i don't mean anything insulting by chav. I'm 18, and the way i use it is to denote a group of people who dress a certain way, just as i would use emo, or indie kid. Or punk. Or goth. Beyond that it has no meaning. Schemie i believe to be an offensive term, chav isn't. Why do you feel so strongly about chav (out of interest?) I don't want to offend anyone.
Sorry mate, didn't mean to jump down your throat. No, it's not up there with those racial slurs, you're right...you can choose the way you dress but not what colour your skin is etc. I just have a hard time with the word personally, coz with a lot of *supposedly* open-minded educated people, "chav" seems to be an acceptable way of being snobbish about class. It's weird, having known and worked with folks who could be described thus, none of them have ever used the term in reference to themselves...it's always some other group of people. I'd just like to see more understanding between people in the UK, everyone comes under a label...works both ways I know, and this country has always been tribal with respect to youth cultures, so maybe I'm dreaming, I know... Conversely, I think "scally" is OK, but "chav" makes me think of posh folk looking down their noses. Anyway...back to the garage.
Are any of the old time garage DJ elite, E-Z, Dreem Team etc, playing any of this bassline crack? I know Cameo plays it.