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The Brummie dialect, or more formally the Birmingham dialect, is spoken by many people in Birmingham, England, and some of its surrounding area.
Brummie is the associated adjective and demonym of Birmingham, a city of West Midlands in England. It may refer to: Anything from or related to the city of Birmingham, in particular: The people of Birmingham (see also List of people from Birmingham) The Brummie dialect of English; Birmingham Brummies, English motorcycle speedway team
Brummie (UK) A person from Birmingham; also the dialect spoken there; from "Brummagem", an archaic pronunciation of Birmingham. [6] Buckeye A person from Ohio. Name coming from the state tree. [7] Also the athletic nickname of Ohio State University.
Wolvos, Yam Yams (from local dialect where people say "Yam" meaning "Yow am" meaning "You are"), Yammies, Dingles (pejorative) Wombwell Wombats Woodbridge Woodworms (pejorative) Worcester Woos, Wusses, Glovers (after the former major industry) Worth Nothings (pejorative) Worthing Pork Bolters [78] Workington Jam Eaters Wye Bovvers Wymondham
The general intonation exhibits notable similarities to that of the West Country dialects, characterised by a distinctive undulating contour. However, this contrasts with the Brummie dialect, where intonation is generally monotonous, often descending in tone towards the end of sentences.
The result of the move request was: move the page to Brummie dialect at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 00:34, 17 July 2018 (UTC) Brummie → – This article describes the accent and the title doesn't make this clear and suggests the article is about the word "Brummie" itself.
Dialects can be defined as "sub-forms of languages which are, in general, mutually comprehensible." [1] English speakers from different countries and regions use a variety of different accents (systems of pronunciation) as well as various localized words and grammatical constructions. Many different dialects can be identified based on these ...
In the Language Survey Reference Guide issued by SIL International, who produce Ethnologue, a dialect cluster is defined as a central variety together with a collection of varieties whose speakers can understand the central variety at a specified threshold level (usually between 70% and 85%) or higher. It is not required that peripheral ...