What does みてえじゃ in this sentence mean?


What does みてえじゃ in this sentence mean ?

> 困ってるみてえじゃねえか。




It's just another example of the `ai`-to-`ee` sound change found mainly in
dialectal or male speech, which is described
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/99/5010) and
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/13073/5010).

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](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=mitai).




It's just another example of the `ai`-to-`ee` sound change found mainly in
dialectal or male speech, which is described
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/99/5010) and
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/13073/5010).

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](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=mitai).

