When we left our spiritual Wolverhampton homeland to live dans Evesham a lot of people remarked on our accents, in fact we were known for a quite a long time as “The/Those Brummies” ………
………. despite the Birmingham accent being very different from the Wolverhampton one, to the well tuned ear.
But, since no one greets us with a “You ain’t from around these there parts are you” any more, we can only assume that the way we talk no longer stands out half as much as it used to and that we just blend in with the locals, having unconsciously absorbed the Evesham twang over the past four years. 
However, when we saw this translation of the Covid-19 notice for Wolverhampton people, after so many weeks in lockdown, we have to admit to pining just a little to be surrounded by that familiar accent again.
I wonder if, when we are able to stay with Lu again, if anyone on the bus will nudge us and say…….. “Ya doh cum frum raand 'ere doh ya/”
XXX STAY ALERT XXX
Some of the phrases I learned in my ten years in the Black Country.
ReplyDeleteIt ae the wus.
Bostin!
Tara A Bit.
Whey man, divin worry, there's nowt to be scared aboot. Just stay hame, divin gan oot, but if ye dee gan oot, gan canny and stay a lert. Divin gan doon the toon either. JantheFan x
ReplyDeleteJtF. That sounds like a fine Geordie accent. Are you a real Geordie?
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