What does みてえじゃ in this sentence mean?

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What does みてえじゃ in this sentence mean ?

困ってるみてえじゃねえか。

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:43:43Z

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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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answered Nov 3, 2016 at 1:48

naruto

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Flaw · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-04 05:32:47Z

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みてえじゃねえか is an unrefined expression of みたいじゃないか. It is frequently used in an ironic sense, so be careful to read the context.

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answered Nov 3, 2016 at 1:46

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By 'rude' I guess you mean in the sense of 'unrefined'; it may be understood the wrong way.
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Commented Nov 3, 2016 at 9:45
@oals Thank you for your comment. I will correct the part.
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