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Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton. This is BBC Learning English dot com. These people
are speaking with a Birmingham accent – or a 'Brummie' accent some might
say. 'Brummie' is an informal word to describe someone or something who
comes from Birmingham – England's second biggest city. The Brummie accent
is loved by some, but hated by many. In surveys, many people say it's the most
annoying accent there is and a lot of people make fun of it. But some people in
Birmingham are fed up with this and defend the way they speak. Carl Chinn is
Professor of community history at Birmingham University. Why is his
Brummie accent important to him?
Carl
For me, being a Brummie is all about my identity, it's about who I am as a person, where I
grew up, where I was born, where me mum and dad come from and the people to whom I
belong. I would never dream to say that my accent is better than anyone else's, but it's
certainly no worse.
Jackie: It's important to him because it part of his identity – part of what makes him
who he is.
Carl
For me, being a Brummie is all about my identity, it's about who I am as a person, where I
grew up, where I was born, where me mum and dad come from and the people to whom I
belong.
Jackie: And Carl Chinn says not everyone hates the accent there are some people who
really like it. What kinds of people?
Carl
Outsiders who don't come from England, when they hear the Brummie accent, many of them
say it sounds warm and endearing.
Jackie: He says people outside of England, who come from different countries often
like the Birmingham accent and find it warm – friendly and endearing, which
means pleasant, or nice – endearing.
Carl
Outsiders who don't come from England, when they hear the Brummie accent, many of them
say it sounds warm and endearing.
Jackie: Anisa lives in Birmingham's Asian community, she also has a bit of a
Brummie accent. She doesn't usually think about the fact she has an accent –
except sometimes. When is it she becomes most aware of the way she speaks?
Anisa
Some people are just like, 'Oh, you're a Brummie!' and I'm like, 'Oh god' it's quite
embarrassing because you don't really realise you don't have quite an accent until you go out
and meet people from different cities.
Jackie: Anisa says it's when she goes outside Birmingham and meets people from
other cities that she realises she does have an accent, because they comment on
it.
Anisa
It's quite embarrassing because you don't really realise you don't have quite an accent until
you go out and meet people from different cities.
Jackie: Now let's hear from Joan Hunter. She works for a radio station that broadcasts
to the large African Caribbean community in Birmingham....she says it can be funny when some people start to speak with a local accent....what is it exactly
that she finds amusing?
Joan
I heard a Polish girl with a bit of a Birmingham accent coming on, I think she's only been
here, like, three years, but, I suppose when…it depends like who you're with and who you're
living with and the people that you're talking with all the time, every day and so, therefore,
you know, it's bound to come in but when you've got a different accent because you’re from adifferent culture or country and then the Brummie accent is, like, attached to it, it's kind of funny.
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