Peaky Blinders has made us cool

[Brumrocks]

I had a bunch of guys painting my house in the London suburbs and one day they asked me about my accent and I said I was a Brummie and one of them said , 'Peaky Blinders - I knew I recognised the accent' He seemed really chuffed about meeting a Brummie. So, has Peaky Blinders made us cool at last?

 

[mw0njm.]

 

[A Sparks]

Brummies have always been cool it's only recently that other people have realised

 

[adap2it]

works in the USA, lots of Peaky fans here and I'm the beneficiary...
Dave A

 

[FNQBRUMMIE]

Hey guys same down here in the land of Aus-the other day a nurse at the doctors was applying a dressing to my leg, chatting away and then said,' Are you from England ?' then qualified it more by asking, 'Birmingham ?'
'Yes,' I replied,'Youve got a good ear for accents.'
'I knew it,' she said, ' I'm watching Peaky Blinders and you sound just like them.'

 

[mikejee]

From a piece in the Guardian yesterday at https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...-next-steven-knight-on-his-shows-final-series .Which was the pub that is supposed to only admit women workers and if men went in they would be assaulted ?

 

[John L]

We were in Oban a couple of years ago and were having a beer with my wife's cousin at a local bar, when my wife was told that she talks just like a Peaky Blinder by a chap who was engaged in propping up the bar. He was a big fan of the programme too. My wife is actually Scottish and has clearly done a great job of picking up our dulcet tones, in the years since she came to Brum as a wee 5-year old!

 

[carolina]

Carl Chinn is doing a programme next Monday BBC2 'The Real Peaky Blinders'. (9pm)

 

[Alberta]

We closed the original thread because we thought it had said all that could be said about Peaky blinders so this one will be closed for further posts.
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