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What makes the Birmingham and Black Country accents special, and what makes them different?

We asked people in Birmingham city centre what makes the accents special. Hear their views, and tell us what you think sets them apart.

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00:00I noticed there's quite a few similarities between them so I wouldn't be able to tell exactly what area that
00:06person is coming from but to be honest I noticed some differences in the way the person is speaking and
00:15also the terms they use so based off of that I may be able to tell the difference but not
00:20exactly from the way of speaking so to speak.
00:23I can't really tell the difference between the accents they're very similar to me they sound quite funny because where
00:29we come from it sounds quite strange but I can't really define the difference between Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton they all
00:36sound the same.
00:36I don't think I've noticed any difference at all really I don't think I'm familiar with any of the accents
00:40here.
00:40There are significant differences now in terms of specific words you hear the term bab a lot especially in small
00:46independent shops here in Bram but there's a particular twang about the black country that just makes it distinct definitely
00:54not the same.
00:54I am from Spain I can't really tell the difference between the various sort of northern accents in the UK
01:00but northern sort of north of London but I don't find it difficult to understand I think I've been a
01:08lot worse places for accent for sure.
01:11I'm from Leicester so I think the Brummie accent kind of sounds a bit like home to me especially when
01:16I'm outside of the Midlands.
01:17From the black country accent they talk like a lot faster and stuff and like here it's just like I
01:25don't like slower a bit but like there's not much of a difference but like there is.

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