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They are at our Brummie accent again

Well I had an American boyfriend years ago, and he said they would just love you accent in the States, so there we are.
 
paul stacey said:
hi all
I love the brummie accent, and I remember my Uncle Horace he only ever talked in one sylable AH, you ok uncle h, Ah, auntie she ok Ah, pam and lyn AH,AH.But it reminds me that once in the middle of Turkey in a bus station, I had noticed this little blonde child playing in the main thourghfare, when above the hullabalu of the foreign voices I heared "get that babbie out the orse road,er's gunna get killed" I found out later the mom and dad came from stetchford.
regards
paul
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Brilliant!
 
Stitcher said:
The main reason for people hammering our dialect is ignorance. The Birmingham accent is confused with the Black Country one which is totally different. It is the Black Country one which people do not like.
When I was a lorry driver many years ago, people in other towns often asked where I was from. When I told them their reply would normally be "you do not sound like a Brummie".
My dad was from Aston, I was born in Acocks Green and I attended a normal infants, junior and Secondary modern school in Birmingham, I did not do special English lessons so I have always spoken just like a normal Birmingham person.
If you ever hear someone mimmick our accent, they always sound like a Tipton foundry worker from ninety years ago.
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May i ask why you want to slag the Tipton foundry worker off, the Black Country people are the salt of the earth, you dont like people to have a pop at the Brummy dialect but are happy to put down the B.C dialect.
As a Blackcountry man myself i am more than proud of where i come from and the way we speak.
SHAME ON YOU !!!!!
 
Nothing in my post was derogatory to anyone. I was not and do not slag people off on the forum. I merely pointed out that people mistake the Birmingham accent for the Black Country one.
Incidently, if you didnt already know, genuine Black Country people are the salt of the earth I was always in the factories and foundrys loading my lorry so I really do know what I am talking about. Whenever anyone tries to talk like a Birmingham person whether in jest or when acting for a living they all sound like a Black Country foundry worker. Timothy Spall in The Black Stuff and Benny out of Cross Roads???
 
Still dont understand why you use the phrase "Tipton Foundry worker" being an ex Tipton foundry worker myself i think i speak like anyone else from the Blackcountry, I think the way you put it was to make out that we are somewhat thick.
 
The thread is about accents not intelligence. Brains, intelligence and common sense do not come into this discussion as far as I am concerned. It is just about vocal sounds from various areas.
 
My question still hasn't been answered but i think we have said enough on the subject and will leave it here.
 
hi all
I don't know what the fuss is about, there were and are many differant accents in and around Brum all separate, all having their own history and to me at least all very bueatiful and valid as Brummie accents. My sister Marilyn lived in Italy for 20 odd years but never lost her accent, I left Brum at 15yrs old and people still say "you come from the midlands " and I am always proud to say Birmingham actually. My uncle once told me he could tell by a diolect He comes from Dudley, wendsbury wolverhampton etc
regards
paul
 
I spent half my working life in the foundries of the Black Country, and even now I miss it so much it hurts.

I think what we forget is that Brummie is an 'accent', whereas true Black Country ("Uppum" as it used to be called) is a dialect. There certainly is a difference, but maybe not discernible to folk from elsewhere. When my dad was working as an electrician in the Black Country before the war, he quite seriously needed an interpreter a lot of the time.

When I lived in the USA I was usually taken for an Australian, mainly because like a lot of Brummies I speak through my nose (my 'nozzack' as me dad used to call it).

What I don't like is stage-Brummie accents - I could name a few names, but won't. As dreadful to my ears as stage-Cockney. Amongst modern celebs, I'd say that Adrian Chiles has as good a Brummie accent as you could hear (and he comes from West Brom...). Sadly, the genuine, old-fashioned Black Country accent/dialect is becoming a thing of the past.

Do' marrer, duzzit?

Ta-rar,

Big Gee
 
Don't know what all the fuss is about be proud of your accents and where you come from, if I got up tight the many times people have said you are from Liverpool don't know where it would have ended.

Two of my Sons were born in Kent and are always first to say where they are from, one supports Aston Villa and one Blues and support Kent at cricket,the other two are from Suffolk and support Ipswich

I'm the Brummie in the family and support Villa & Warwikshire.

My partner is from Wales & only supports Welsh Rugby
 
Hi

Yes the Brummie are under Threat again.
The loss of Lisa from Big Brother tonight
she fought hard for the City and Davina I
felt refered to the Brummie?. I dont think
on any other eviction was there a referal
to he person's accent or locotion.
Simon Cowell on X Factory gave the City
his normal references to the low performances
from Birmingham last Saturday.
We are under threat our accents are our identy
Up the Brummies

Mike Jenks
 
hi all
I agree with big gee I was on leave once with my pal alan who came from hill top west brom and we picked up a couple of girls on a night out from tipton, I still have not a clue what was said for most of that night, it was totally beyond me to understand 1 word out of 5 with the beer an all, but what lovely ladies came from tipton and so kind to lonely squaddies
regards
paul
 
I find it interesting that many of the elderly Brummies I am in contact with seem to have much stronger accents. It seems the accent is being watered down perhaps because families are so spread about. I get a lovely warm feeling listening to them as it reminds me of my childhood with my Dad's family from Aston. I love the black country accent also because my Mom was born in West Brom she didn't have much of an accent but some of the family had very strong accents. I will never understand why people knock accents it's all part of where we come from.
 
hi all
As a lad growing up in England I was always aware that people would use nick names very readily. If you came from Liverpool you were a Scouse, North East, a Geordie, from Wales, a Taff, Scotland a Jock, Ireland a Paddy B,ham Brummie etc. I never remember any animosity or derogatory meaning behind these coloqualisums why in this politicly correct world which seems to have been thrust upon us in the last 20 yrs do people take such exception.
Its beyond me??
regards
paul
 
As a lot of you already know, I moved up here 32 years ago, and apparently I have kept my Brummie accent. In my job working for a car rental company at Glasgow Airport, part of the job entails picking people up at the Airport in our courtesy bus, and taking them the short ride to our branch. My accent is a great ice-breaker, as everyone passes comment on it. I always get "you dont sound like you come from round here", and from there on, the customer is more at ease, and friendlier. Its especially pleasing when I get someone from Brum, and even more pleasing when its a Bluenose. Im proud of my accent, and wouldnt want to change it for the world. Barry.
 
Bazzm now you understand what l say about my accent , its quite an ice breaker when dealing with the public, over in Texas its always "l just love your accent".... so l'm proud of my brummy twang.....sometime l've kidded people by saying l'm not the one with the accent they are....that always gets them thinking......when l'm back in the uk l always visit Walsall market and its music to my ears when l hear a real black country accent....l've always enjoyed it. as a child my mom would never allow my brother and l to say, yow, ain't and goo etc mom always said in was "common" to talk that way, even though l never talked that way l still was a brummy........my brother was a different story always spoke the kings english, he used to tell me open your mouth and everyone knows where you come from.....Brenda
 
Brenda, tell you what I get a lot of from our American customers, that come over here and hire a car. They all say the same thing, " You drive on the WRONG side of the road here". The other thing is, they all attempt to get in the wrong side of the car to drive it. Still its only to be expected. Cheers, Barry.
 
Eeek, I have visions of them driving on the wrong side of the road in Barrmill Barry!!! Do you tell them "tara a bit bab"???
 
Barry, l know what you mean it would take me a good week to reprogram my brain as l would always go to the wrong side of the car....the many times l've been home and hired a car it was really nerve wracking, l never drove while l was living in brum we were'nt that posh ....it was like learning to drive all over again, l would keep telling myself and Ron think left think left, what with the steering wheel ,rear view mirror and the side mirror not counting the gear shift, luckily we never got any traffic tickets but l've convinced myself the roads would be safer after we turned in the car, also we have been spoilt with our wide open Texas roads a lot of them being built as the crow flies very straight so you can imagin how the country roads seemed........still we enjoyed it theres no place like jolly old england...brenda.
 
Hi There, differant parts of the country have their own sayings, here in Derby if someone is in a bad mood," he has got a bag on " or really bad
"he has got a reet bag on, my Dad always used to say " tek no notice
he has his .... in his hand!" not heard that one for years bye
Bernard
 
You are right about the straight roads over there Brenda. Its a bit different over here with all the twists and bends etc. But thankfully most of the cars come back safely, and some of our American friends even decide to come back again, mainly to see the rest of this lovely country, that they never managed to cram in on the first trip. Barry.
 
Hi all, before we left Brum we used to go on the Black Country nights out, the BC accent was wonderful and the comedians where so funny. The best bit was the fact that you could buy a book of translations. And the faggots and peas where bosting!!
Baz
 
I have been to a few of them Bazz. As you say the food was known as Bostin Fittle.I still go to the area for food occasionally.
 
I live in Cornwall now, and had never met a Londoner till I moved there. I now loathe the London accent, which is ten times worse than the "Brummie" accent, and I run a mile when I hear it, as I have experienced so much nastiness, and bullying by Londoners, who just seem to think they own everyone else.
Oh how I miss hearing the lovely "Brummie" accent. We're a much kinder bunch than the Londoners.
 
Frothblower said:
I love Cornwall. When I go there I always seem to hear Brummie accents.
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It's a bit posh where I live Frothblower. I live on the Fowey estuary, and we don't have many Brummies there, as they've never heard of the place.
We just seem to get flippin' yaya yachty's, or Chelsea nobs!!
 
My young Grandchildren were born in Yorkshire, and it was suggested that I didn't talk Brummie' to them for their first few years until they had developed good Yorkshire accents
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oldMohawk said:
My young Grandchildren were born in Yorkshire, and it was suggested that I didn't talk Brummie' to them for their first few years until they had developed good Yorkshire accents
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My 8 Grand-children are all Cornish born, but if I was told to do the same, I'd have disowned 'em all rather than disown my 'Brummie' accent Lol!
 
When we used to go to meetings in Germany, most of the Germans could speak English and listen in to our private discussions until we started talking in 'backslang'. Anyone else remember 'backslang', because I've just tried it and am now wondering whether my memory is letting me down.
 
oldMohawk said:
When we used to go to meetings in Germany, most of the Germans could speak English and listen in to our private discussions until we started talking in 'backslang'. Anyone else remember 'backslang', because I've just tried it and am now wondering whether my memory is letting me down.
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I DO remember backslang............ I used to call my boss an "illysay uckerfay" He thought I was complementing him!!!
 
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