2006-08-02 12:12:52 · 10 answers · asked by nb19 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Black Country accents also differ in dialect and grammar depending on the district. The verb to be is often mis-used. we am instead of we are. Thee is also commonly used by the older generation and abreviated to 'th' Is th going t town?'
Birmingham accent also changes depending on the location, those from the south side tend to have a Warwickshire dialect and a particular way of using and saying words and phrases. the word vile meaning horrible or nasty pronounced voil. phrases like 'the horseroad' meaning the road. Brummie is a very colourfull dialect and yes we do sound a bit thick! but we can use that to our advantage and remember Shakespeare were a Warwickshire lad.
2006-08-04 06:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by malcolm j 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bein honest i dont understand either of them...By the way did u know that the brummie accent was voted the worse in england...
2006-08-02 12:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, there's a very very subtle difference!! I'm from the Black Country (i.e North of Birmingham) and I can tell if someone is from Brum or the surrounding area. Don't ask me to describe the difference though, it's just different!!
2006-08-03 01:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by moominbadger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference? To my ears there isn't immediately.
I just thought the only noticable difference was when I visited Merry Hill and heard locals on the bus putting "Y'am" into every sentence. Now I see why people in the area call them Yamyams.
2006-08-03 00:04:35 · answer #4 · answered by ananaso2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is different. Brummies use oi for I (like oi loike it) Black Country use ah (there is lots of arr sounds, z's for s's and w sounds) Ah loike it aer kid, words like Ta for thanks are used in Black Country. I often say Ye'm awroight aer kid, Ah'm awroight, ta etc. Similar to Northern speech. Brummie is more accent than dialect. So I'd say ye'd betta ge' gewin which sounds old fashioned
2017-02-24 11:42:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are completly diferent, but you have to be from the black country to know that.
2006-08-03 16:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by engineer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no brummies don't say:
"Am ya alright"
"Ow bin ya our kid?"
"I ay doin' that"
2006-08-02 12:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by Sophhz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope but people who are from other place's do
2006-08-02 13:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by summerlands_shadow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, they both sound the same to me
2006-08-02 17:40:13 · answer #9 · answered by stevief 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-08-02 12:15:14 · answer #10 · answered by Kyral 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋