Is There A Geordie In The House?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Ecthy
OK then, I've heard it pronounced like Broomy, but that must be more accentual confusion. Ils sont fous, les anglais.

'Brum' is short for Birmingham, and 'Brummie' is both someone from there and the accent. When you say 'Broomy' that might be an attempt at phonetic spelling the of way Brummies promounce it. Although the 'u' is not quite as long as in 'broom' or 'room'.

In my opinion the Brummie accent is just a special case of the Black Country accent - which is like Brummie but more expressive and colourful, and less nasal. The Black Country is the area to the north and west of Birmingham where the Industrial Age was born in this fair isle.

Of course, in civilised places like Germany there are no regional variations, as we learned on the pancake thread.

Apologies to Sloww for the TJ.

[Cort Haus]

Posting that made me feel like a hobbit trying to explain the difference between Longbottom Leaf and Old Toby. [/drunk]

[Lonestar]

I used to watch Reading Rainbow as a kid.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Winston
Maybe he won the lottery.

If that was it, I'd be having a T connection installed. We made a deal.

[MRT144]

i thought you were looking for a blind black man from the 24th century too!

[SlowwHand]

Ahm looking fre a marra . (I'm looking for a friend.)

[Imran Siddiqui]

marra?

[SlowwHand]

And you thought Texan's were hard to decipher.

[Imran Siddiqui]

What'd ya say, Tex?

[Lazerus]

Hey, I'm so-and-so, and Sloww says he's going to thump your ass."

you do realise we usually punch people who try that

In my opinion the Brummie accent is just a special case of the Black Country accent - which is like Brummie but more expressive and colourful, and less nasal

Biiiirmiingham but yeah i've always referred to them as Brummies and haven't seen or heard anybody try it as broomys

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Ecthy
OK then, I've heard it pronounced like Broomy, but that must be more accentual confusion. Ils sont fous, les anglais.

Its "Brummy" but it sounds like "Broomy" when Brummies say it. They have an accent that knocks off 50 points from their percieved IQ as soon as you meet one!

[Ecthy]

Biiiirmingham?

Are they the ones which chuck you up the fuking Mersey? Ah, must be Scousers.

[duke o' york]

Well I'm a Geordie, but unfortunately I live in Leeds and don't fancy driving back to the Toon today I'm afraid. Sorry Sloww.

[SlowwHand]

I just believe someone here still lives in the area. Thanks.
Here's my email of last night to him.

"I'm going to send people out looking for your ass, Marty. Scare the **** out of us like this. Don't blame me. "

[Ecthy]

(PH) IIRC, Gazablanca used to live up in Newcastle or that area. Only problem is, he has not been seen since April 2005