Editing Ali G (section)

==Background==
Ali G is the leader of a fictional gang called "Da West Staines Massif", who currently lives in his grandmother's garage in a semi-detached house at 36 Cherry Blossom Close, in the heart of the "Staines Ghetto". He was educated at what he calls "da Matthew Arnold Skool", which is [[Matthew Arnold School, Staines-upon-Thames|a real school in Staines]].

[[Staines]], a commuter town to the west of London, is different from the inner city [[ghetto]] that Ali G claims. In the same comic vein, he also makes reference to [[stockbroker belt]] towns in the area, such as [[Egham]], [[Langley, Berkshire|Langley]] and [[Englefield Green]] with which he contrasts Staines. Despite the incongruous nature of his hometown, he purports to exemplify [[inner city]] culture. Ali's full name is later revealed to be '''Alistair Leslie Graham''' (revealed in the [[Ali G Indahouse|eponymous film]], much to his embarrassment).

Ali G speaks a comical [[wikt:patois|patois]] in keeping with his delusions of being black with [[Jamaicans|Jamaican]] ancestry and peppered with such catchphrases as "aight" or "aiii" (alright), "booyakasha", "big up yaself", "wagwaan", "west side", "batty boy", "respek", "for real", "punani", "check it", "wicked" and "keep it real". His trademark hand gesture closely resembles the "dip snap".