Smudger
master brummie
I spent 7 years in the army listening to many accents. I now live in Durham where folk think i talk posh (the villagers where i live are known as pit yakkers) My sister has a soft Brummy accent but my brothers accent is anything but soft & he prattles on ten to the dozen & my wife can`t understand what he`s saying. I like the soft Brummy accent, the scouse accent sounds threatening & as for the London accent, well they think they`re superior & they aint!!A few years ago I worked as a car park attendant on a holiday beach near Pembroke. Many visitors were from Birmingham ,as judged by their accent, and as a Brummie myself could almost detect the side of Birmingham they were from. I'd ask those, who looked happy enough to be asked, where did they come from. In the seven years I was at the car park not one person said they were from Birmingham. They always said the West Midlands as though this would make them better citizens. I stated I was a Brummie and then invariably they would say they were too. Why did they feel so ashamed to reveal their true identity ? Did they feel second class citizens ?