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I don't know if

I can agree with that! Brummies are still the most mocked in the country

(Sandwhedchez, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:24, archived)

but

noone from outside can do the accent properly.

I have a lovely Kidderminster lilt myself.

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bleepbloop, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:26, archived)

Timothy Spall?

Although that's more black country than Brummie I guess.

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whelkboy is old now, you see, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:27, archived)

mmmmm not that strong

more like jasper carrott crossed with a farmer (but only when I am drunk and in the room with another from Kidderminster)

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bleepbloop, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:29, archived)

I know the Kiddi accent anyway. I used to work in Bewdley

and two of my former bands rehearsed in the Corn Exchange (by the old bus depot, now Tescos).

I'll drop into the local accent when in the locale but when I'm working in another part of the country with a very strong accent (like in Merthry Tydfil) I'll find myself fully pronouncing words and lose whatever accent I've got

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whelkboy is old now, you see, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:31, archived)

woo for flooded bewdley making the news every year

FA club glory beckons I think :)

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bleepbloop, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:34, archived)

Harriers the Giant Killers

until they get knocked out.

I once played football with Lee Hughes

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whelkboy is old now, you see, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:37, archived)

any one from outside the midlands

will say all accents from the midlands sound brummie.

(Sandwhedchez, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:28, archived)

I sometimes

work near Wolverhampton, and they definitely don't sound like Brummies there - there's a definite different sound, and I'm not sure it's a better one.

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barnesy, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:36, archived)

that'll be because of the accent

i hear it all the time in summer so i'm used to it

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MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Mon 5 Jan 2004, 23:26, archived)