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    This document summarizes key aspects of the Brummie dialect spoken in Birmingham, England and the surrounding Midlands region. It notes that the dialect has around 3.7 million speakers and originated around 600 AD. Phonological features include changes in vowel pronunciations like /ai/ for /ei/ and /u/ for /ʌ/. Grammatical features include the historic use of '-en' plurals and expressions like "I ain't a-going to complain." The lexicon section provides examples of characteristic Brummie words and phrases.

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    This document summarizes key aspects of the Brummie dialect spoken in Birmingham, England and the surrounding Midlands region. It notes that the dialect has around 3.7 million speakers and originated around 600 AD. Phonological features include changes in vowel pronunciations like /ai/ for /ei/ and /u/ for /ʌ/. Grammatical features include the historic use of '-en' plurals and expressions like "I ain't a-going to complain." The lexicon section provides examples of characteristic Brummie words and phrases.

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    Brummie

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    This document summarizes key aspects of the Brummie dialect spoken in Birmingham, England and the surrounding Midlands region. It notes that the dialect has around 3.7 million speakers and originated around 600 AD. Phonological features include changes in vowel pronunciations like /ai/ for /ei/ and /u/ for /ʌ/. Grammatical features include the historic use of '-en' plurals and expressions like "I ain't a-going to complain." The lexicon section provides examples of characteristic Brummie words and phrases.

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    Brummie

    prepared by
    BFL-205.1 student
    Poptsova Sasha
    Brummagem
    founded around 600 AD
    speakers
    3.7 million people
    phonology
    face, place, pace, case: /ei/ —> /ai/

    love, nuts, oven: /ʌ/—> /u/

    I quite like it: /ai/ —> /oi/

    star, laugh, dance: /a:/ —> /a/

    whatever, forever: /ə/ —>/a/


    phonology

    singing, singer, finger: /ŋ/ —> /ŋg/

    hat: /h/—> / /

    alright: mild /r/

    bus: /s/ —> /z/


    grammar

    Middle English ‘-en’ ending for plurals: house —> housen

    ‘I ain’t a-going to complain’


    Staffordshire Warwickshire

    Worcestershire
    northern
    Brummie

    Midlands
    southern
    lexicon
    ‘owamya?’ = ‘how are you?’

    cack-handed - doing something in a clumsy way

    deff off - to ignore someone

    ’ee-arr’- ‘here you are’

    gully - an alleyway

    ‘tara-a-bit’ - ‘see you later’

    wench - an affectionate term for a young lady

    yampy - a mad or daft person


    references
    https://oxfordhousebcn.com/en/a-brief-guide-to-different-british-accents-and-
    dialects/
    https://notabrummiebrummie.wordpress.com/linguistic-features/
    https://youtu.be/VCj23ePJwkQ
    https://word-connection.com/the-brummie-accent/

    https://youtu.be/GowaArNK824
    https://youtu.be/FyTKmz9df_s

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