My BF from Birmingham before he visited me, I studied and research the brummies accent..I know for sure I will be having hard time to understand him personally so I prepared myself. Over the phone conversations were a bit easier unlike seeing him personally and talking face to face.. So when the time he came I’ve been aware for his accent..even most of the time I keep saying pardon…or just asking him ANO..ANO…??he repeated what he said if I still didn’t get it he spell it
..Anyway I’m used to get along with it
…I still love him
..Oh beb I miss you so much
Anyway I just wanna share to all some of my notes…
Vowels
• The vowel sounds are often the key. In Brummie, 'oy' is used instead of 'i'. For example: 'Oy kwoyt loik it' (I quite like it). This sound is similar to the 'oy' employed in most Irish dialects.
• The 'u' as in 'hut' is lengthened to become 'oo' as in 'took'.
• The 'o' and 'a' sounds as in 'go' and 'day' are lazy3 and under-articulated. They are not dissimilar to Cockney.
• 'ar' as in 'star' is also lazy. In some forms, the vowel shortens and becomes 'a' as in 'cap'.
• The 'i' as in 'pit' becomes 'ee' as in 'feet'.
• In stronger versions, 'you' becomes 'yow' and a 'y' at the end of a word becomes 'ay'.
Consonants
• Brummie employs a mild form of the stereotypical Spanish 'r'. This is a rolled variant, formed by vibrating the tongue at the top of the mouth4. Not every written 'r' is articulated. Here, the Birmingham accent mirrors RP quite closely. With a word like 'Centre', the 'r' sound is completely ignored. This differs from standard North American English, where every 'r' is pronounced if it appears in the written word.
• The 'g' in an 'ng' formation is over-articulated. At the end of a word, or when followed by a vowel, it is effectively pronounced twice.
• 'H's are dropped wherever they occur, except when emphasis is required. The word 'Birmingham' therefore, has a silent 'h'. It also has a strong 'g', and the 'r' is not pronounced at all.
• 'T's are occasionally omitted from the end of words.
Practice
Birmingham is one of the largest cities in the United Kingdom. It is
berminggum is wun uv the Larges citays in the u-nyted kingdem. It is
probably most famous for the Bull Ring and Spaghetti Junction, but it has
pRRobebLay moest faymus fer the buLLRRingg und spegettee jungshun, but ittas
a lot more to offer. The National Exhibition Centre is a great source of
eLo- mor to offa. The nashnel eksibishun senta is a gRRayt sawss uv
pride to the local inhabitants and steps have been taken in recent years to
pRRoid te the lowkel in-abitents und steps av bin tayken in RResunt yeers to
improve the appearance of the city.
impRRoov the appeeRents uv the citay.
cheers,
Leah
Have you got the time on you cock?
Keith - Administrator
I cannot understand brummies eithermight as well be speaking scouse
Wharausayinuungwippersnappa?Originally Posted by joebloggs
I cannot understand brummies either
Keith - Administrator
i got told off today from me tutor for using didn't instead of did not
it was only a draft memo, told me not the standard expected by the course
damn word 2007 spell checker not my fault
i have to agree?
oh i am a brummie but im been down south to long for any one to know.
this is where you can hear all regional accents of the British. http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/
Nothing to do with accents, all the English are thick, only the intelligent ones move to Wales
Keith - Administrator
Nothing to do with accents, all the English are thick, only the intelligent ones move to Wales
Nothing to do with accents, all the English are thick, only the intelligent ones move to Wales
ur right there my parents moved to north wales back in 2000,funny why they want to move back maybe they met some of the locals?Nothing to do with accents, all the English are thick, only the intelligent ones move to Wales
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