みてえ

[eeky]

If I recall correctly, みてえ for みたい (and similar changes) is a particular kind of Japanese dialect. If a fictional character in a book, who was obviously not supposed to actually be Japanese, was made to speak like みてえ, then what kind of effect would the author be intending to create?

I hope this hasn't been answered before in a previous question of mine. If it has, apologies.

 

[Glenn]

It's probably not so much dialectal as base, although I think it comes from a blue-collar Tokyo dialect from the mid-20th century. That last part could be wrong, since I'm going from memory of something I read a while ago, but it's definitely not something that would be considered polite, although 孫悟空 (of ドラゴンボール, not 西遊記) managed to get away with it. I'm not sure you want to model your speech after him, though. It's a pretty base and crass way of speaking.

 

[letianchen]

I have seen this quite a bit. In attack on titans, and in a medival manga. It is probably some old way of saying it.

Shingeki no Kyojin - Chapter 46 - Page 35 / Raw | Sen Manga

take a look the third panel.

 

[Toritoribe]

Judging not only from みてえ, but also from the wordings they use such like まさ（あ） or いら（あ）, the author gives a nuance that they are "rough" people. (In fact, they are pirates, aren't they?)

 

[eeky]

(In fact, they are pirates, aren't they?)

Yes, that's right. Thanks everyone.