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2006-09-17 02:38:39 · 21 answers · asked by PICKLES 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Love all regional and national ways of speaking it says where you are from and I think that is great.
2006-09-17 02:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by william john l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's sad but true, to the wider world, the Midlands accent gives the impression of slow wittedness. Similarly, the London Cockney sounds arrogant and untrustworthy. I'm afraid it's true what the poster above said about strong regional accents making a person sound ill-educated, coarse and inbred. Just taking the edge off, without necessarily losing the entire dialect, can improve the impression enormously, and more importantly, help a person communicate better over a wider geographical area, especially in business.
However, speaking amongst one's own "tribes", the use of your own home dialect provides a sense of roots, identity and belonging, doesn't it, and it is right that it should be so.
2006-09-17 09:58:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Brummy myself I think it's great!
But I did read in a newspaper that it was voted the accent in Britain most likely to make someone sound thick... :-(
Hey - us Brummies aren't stupid!!
2006-09-17 09:50:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kat69 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its absolutely Hillarious! Thats coming from a carrot cruncher as well.
They also believe Brummie is the closest to the UKs original accent for olden days
2006-09-17 09:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Goatboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest whether girl or boy i'm sorry to say it's the worst accent i have ever heard sorry all you Brummy's
2006-09-17 15:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think George Clooney Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp would be famous and appeal to alot of females if they had a dummie brummie accent!
2006-09-17 16:57:23 · answer #6 · answered by ms_j_uk12 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
firstly, its brummie, im from coventry, about 20 miles away, and i like to think my accent is quite neutral, but when i goto my mates inlondon, someone will accuse me of being a brummie... what everyone can plainly hear is the black country accent... lenny henry's brummigum accent.
dialects are like passports, you can identify the area someone comes from as soon as they open their mouth, 10 miles north is bedworth and nuneaton, they speak totally differently, it has a liecestershire twang..dunt it youf? to teh south its Stratford on avon, very middle class with perfect vowel sounds... and a hint of oo aar, gloucestershire... accents are great, scousers, newcatle-ians, yorkshire, black counrty brummies and cockneys..it all adds to our history, and colours an otherwise boring landscape...
2006-09-17 09:49:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if it is only a slight accent it can sound okay, but strong brummy accents can sound a little harsh.
However i would never really judge a person by their accent, or say that it means they are a certain way.
2006-09-17 09:47:43 · answer #8 · answered by BRICK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the Brummy accent?
Oh yes of course!
it's uggly!
2006-09-17 09:46:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like it, and it was voted by popular concense to be the most troublesome accent in the English vocab.
I'm a Geordie, which seems to go around OK.
The Suffolk drawl is a bit tediuos - (sorry to all those in Suffolk)
So in grumbling Brummy >
I donn't know..... (pause)....... maaybe itz jurst the waay we lernt it arl.
No, I'll stick to me Geordie accent.
Bob the Boat
2006-09-17 09:49:10 · answer #10 · answered by Bob the Boat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any strong regional accent makes a person sound ill-educated, coarse and inbred, especially a Brum accent.
2006-09-17 09:43:42 · answer #11 · answered by Phish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋