00:00 So, I first moved to the West Midlands maybe about 15 years old and it took me a while
00:06 to adjust to the black country and even Birmingham accent, but there are significant differences.
00:11 Now in terms of specific words you hear the term "Babble-lot" especially in small independent
00:15 shops here in Bram, but there's a particular twang about the black country that just makes
00:20 it distinct.
00:21 Definitely not the same.
00:24 I am from Spain, I can't really tell the difference between the various sort of northern accents
00:29 in the UK.
00:30 Northern?
00:31 Northern, sort of north of London.
00:34 But I don't find it difficult to understand.
00:37 I've been among worse places for accent for sure.
00:42 I'm from Leicester so I think the Brummie accent kind of sounds a bit like home to me,
00:45 especially when I'm outside of the Midlands.
00:47 I think the West Country accent, I mean sorry the black country accent is a bit less droney
00:52 than the Birmingham accent.
00:54 I think the Brummie accent is very sort of elongated, but I kind of, you know, unpopular
00:59 opinion I kind of like it, so yeah that's probably my take.
01:06 I don't know.
01:08 From the black country accent they talk like a lot faster and stuff and like here it's
01:13 just like, I don't, like slower a bit, but like there's not much of a difference, but
01:19 like there is, it's hard to explain, yeah.
01:23 I mean personally I'd say the same, but like I feel with one thing that I do tend to see
01:27 a lot more has to be probably in, not really speed, but like how, it's like they're kind
01:33 of a bit more posher if you think about it, it's like they have more of a kind of uptight
01:38 accent, if that's what I'd say.
01:40 Well yeah, I'd be the same.
01:42 Yeah.
01:43 Oh god, I don't know.
01:46 I feel like you notice a stronger black country accent, whereas Birmingham's more like...
01:54 You just accentuate it.
01:55 Yeah.
01:56 That's what I'd say.
01:57 Yeah.
01:58 And people think like Birmingham is like Birmingham, but that's more like black country, and it's
02:02 like, yeah.
02:03 Birmingham.
02:04 Like, yeah.
02:05 That's all, really.
02:06 That's all.
02:07 And generally now I notice there's quite a few similarities between them, so I wouldn't
02:14 be able to tell exactly what area that person is coming from, but to be honest, I notice
02:19 some differences in the way the person are speaking, and also the terms they use, so
02:27 based off of that, I may be able to tell the difference, but not exactly from the way of
02:31 speaking so to speak.
02:34 I don't think I've noticed any difference at all, really.
02:36 I don't think I'm familiar with any of the accents here in Birmingham.
02:40 Sorry.
02:42 I can't really tell the difference between the accents.
02:44 They're very similar to me.
02:47 They sound quite funny, because where we come from it sounds quite strange, but I can't
02:51 really define the difference between Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton.
02:55 They all sound the same.
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