00:00 I think Birmingham accent is a kind of negative view. I can see people in Wales might feel
00:06 threatened because people from Birmingham, people from the Midlands have moved on must
00:10 to Wales but it's very nuanced. There's I think quite a lot of diversity within the
00:15 Midlands. If you go kind of 20 miles out to Worcestershire they'll speak very differently.
00:20 If you go to the black country then they're virtually unrecognisable so I think people
00:24 lump people from the Midlands in together. So although it gets a bad rep I think it's
00:30 misunderstood. I think that it's perceived in a negative light. I think that the Birmingham
00:36 accent would be perceived in a negative light to some people and some individuals. As I
00:41 have friends from all over the UK a lot of them have said that people from Birmingham
00:44 sometimes it's even hard to understand. Sometimes the pronunciation or the way they say certain
00:50 words or certain phrases could be misinterpreted. For example I would say laughing, someone
00:55 from Birmingham might say laughing. Just a different pronunciation of words but I just
00:59 think that a lot of the UK has different pronunciation of words and different vocabulary and I think
01:03 that understanding that people are from different areas and people speak differently I think
01:08 that's a great thing and I don't think that people should be demonised in the way that
01:11 they speak. So my views on Birmingham accent is that it's really hard. The words are really
01:17 similar and it can get really messed up in what people are speaking about and the accent
01:23 is quite hard. Like I've been here for the past ten years and everything, even now I'm
01:29 still learning. Even though I've been here for ten years I'm still learning a lot. The
01:35 thing is that if you say something people say oh it's not how it should be said, it's
01:40 said the other way. For example I say water, people say water. And I'm like yeah but it's
01:47 not written like that, it's written differently. Or if not there is a silent, there's a silent
01:55 tea or if not there's a silent something. I think that it can be a bit strong sometimes
02:00 that like we're from like, we're like 40 minutes away from here so we don't notice it as much
02:05 but we get told that we get, like I get told that I've got a Birmingham accent a lot of
02:09 the time and I think you sound potch. Yeah. It's a weird thing, it's like if you're from
02:15 further away you can hear it a lot. Originally I'm from London so when I actually first moved
02:21 here I could tell quite a lot but then I started working here and living here so it's kind
02:25 of worn off on me as well. I don't think it's bad as people put it to be, it's just different
02:30 like every other accent, just some people don't like it. Bit like Liverpool accent,
02:34 nobody really likes that one, well some people don't like it. For me it's not that bad.
02:38 Police have launched a hate crime probe after the Brummies were targeted with the note at
02:44 their property in the Welsh seaside town. The note implored them and others to leave
02:49 the area, stating that they are lowlife. Officers have said they wish to speak with the individual
02:55 who left the note and requested information from members of the public which could help
03:00 them during their investigation.
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