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Hi all , i find it sad to read that some think carl`s birmingham tones should not be on tv. i have known carl for some years and yes his voice has changed has mine has .i heard a recording ed doolan off wm from the 70`s and he sounds nothing like him . i rember the stuck up lot from sutton trying to get carl off the bbc because the way he speaks i too speak like carl like a lot on this forum .i think carl was passionate if not a bit over powering for hislop . the true birmingham dialect has a bit off yam yam and brumy mixed if you don't like it there's the london pretenders down the M1.this country would be a sad place with out regional accents . i have to agree with wendy ,dawson deserves better from us respecting are past present us better in the future .ps i knew ed Doolan in the 70`s and he was a grumpy old get then like i have become now
 
Ken,
On an occasion when I was in Pebble Mill studio,Ed Doolan,commented on Carls accent,so I told him the worst accent I have ever heard, was the women of Victoria State, Australia... he went very quiet.
 
keny r said:
Hi all , i find it sad to read that some think carl`s birmingham tones should not be on tv. i
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I didn't intend for my comments on Carl to mean that, perhaps I should have explained it more clearly, what I mean is, what impression it gives to None Brummies outside the Birmingham area?, reference's to 'snobs' and BBC accents wasn't meant.
sorry If its taken the original subject off topic.
Nick
 
i cant be doing with that doolen.when i first listend to him on brmb he got on my t**s
nothing wrong with carls accent,its a crackin accent.
 
Hi ray ya that sounds like ed Doolan australian when there winning .don`t worry nick we brumy`s are made in birmingham !!!. i had to bodyguard the odd band at pepble mill loved that mixing deck all the levers moved on there own sad to see it go . i found Doolan to be bullish but he would never have got much done being a wimp he has done a lot for birmingham and brumys over the years good on him for put in up with all the winning .
 
No-one has said anything bad about Carl Chinn at all, this does seem to have been taken out of context a little. I do not like a strong Birmingham accent any more than I like a strong Liverpudlian accent - it is a matter of what is music to one's ears surely? Carl has done a lot for Birmingham, I agree, but there again, no-ne has said he had not. Just because a person's accent is not to your liking does not mean you do not like the person or what they do.

The person I met who knew Carl many years ago went to school with him from the age of eleven and lived near Carl in Moseley. Perhaps other people here knew Carl before then, I do not know. Whether Carl looks at the Forum or not matters not to me, I am sure he would defend anyone's right to like or not like something, it has nothing to do with snobbery.
 
I haven't watched the programme yet, have it recorded.

Carl Chinn is a credit to Birmingham everyone should be proud of him and his passion for the city of his birth.
I was in a theatre a few years ago and Carl was sitting nearby.His accent when with family isn't as broad as when 'at work'
but I think every brummie is a bit like that,start talking about Birmingham and the accent goes up a notch.Why not?
 
The accent argument may go on for a long time it matters to me not a jot...lol I did notice Chris Upton mentioned on the credits another lovely man who gets glanced over.
 
I didn't notice Chris Upton's name in the credits Wendy. As you say, a lovely man and sooooo knowledgeable, his "History of Birmingham" book is the best (in my opinion) on the subject.
I don't care how Carl sounds, as long as he continues to promote Brum - and he will. I'll be watching the rest of the series just 'cause I like this sort of programme, and hope they spend a little more time on each reformer and philosopher. By the time Ian Hislop had got to the third 'subject' I'd almost forgotten what he said about the first!
 
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