I didn't think I was prejudice at all
That was until I took up my seat on a jet taking me away on hoilday.

And the pilot introduced himself and started going on about the flight ahead over to Spain.

And I very nearly shat myself with fear. There was absolutely no way possible we were going to make it to Barcelona in on peice. We were all going to die. Horribly.

The pilot had a Brummie accent.

Turns out I'm prejudice against Brums. They can wash my car, serve me burgers - yes. But put fly an aeroplane?

Just hope I never need an operation and end up with a Brummie surgeon. I'd probably end up throwing myself out a window trying to escape.

Sorry, people of Birmingham - but you just don't sound too smart.
(Gulliver, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 16:29, 11 replies)

Did the stewardesses offer you
a nice kipper tie?
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 16:40, closed)

Seems like you're not alone
Or you took this study as inspiration:

www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2010/mar/31/regional-accents-divide-opinion
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 17:17, closed)

It's a city of love
it's a city of sunshine.

My accent is Walsall, which is TOTALLY different to Brum, so I'm sure I get away ok?
( Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 17:55, closed)

100% with you, worst accent in the world, easily!
(tom.joad, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 18:28, closed)

Our pilot had an Indian accent
I'd probably be less prejudiced if there was much of an Indian presence in this area but as it stands the only time I normally interact with them is when phoning for technical support. So, I must admit, there was some very slight nagging fear there.

With apologies to people of Indian descent.. those i've spoken to outside of call centres have been nice and intelligent :) No racism intended honest, it's just that the accent brings back terrible memories of being the hot potato at Tech Support.
(Cloudane, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 19:17, closed)

Birmingham hasn't got such an awful accent as Hull, or Essex.
The former is not widely heard outside Hull, but it sounds like a cow trying to speak English and goes something like this:
"Errrr nerrrrrr! There's a dead blerrrrrk on the reeerrrrrd wearin' a peeeeerple sheeeeeeeert."

As for the latter, I got an Essex girl on the phone recently and actually thought she was retarded for a good two or three minutes before the penny dropped.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 21:18, closed)

Ha ha!
I'll never forget the old Hull phrase, 'there's a fern curl fer yer', meaning that there's a phone call for you.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 10:55, closed)

I'm a Brummie.

I don't live there any more.

I don't miss it much. :|
(Draco Rattus ate all the pies on, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 22:36, closed)

train
I had a train driver from Birmingham who introduced himself - and I swear this is true as Mohammed Haemorroid in the worst black country accent ever. I spent the whole journey gripping the arm rests in fear. You just cant trust brummies.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 8:53, closed)

I'm prejudiced
against people who think that Birmingham is in the Black Country.
(syz, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 11:15, closed)

well it is
its all the same innit.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 11:46, closed)