[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Omah

Proximity is not the best argument for objectivity .....

Relying on Wikipedia isn't a winning strategy either. The Black Country accent is distinct to the Brummie accent but nowadays it's more interchangeable apart from the words people from the BC use. The vocabulary is the thing that really seperates the accent but unless you live here then I'd probably say it's quite hard to tell the difference between the two. Most people outside of the West Midlands would consider both accents one and the same.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Relying on Wikipedia isn't a winning strategy either.

Luckily, I'm originally from Coventry and have worked extensively in Birmingham and in the Black Country but live elsewhere nowadays, so I have inside experience of most of that regions accents and dialects, while now having the comparative experience of accents and dialects from living in several other several other regions, including the South-West, the North-West and Wales .....

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Omah

Luckily, I'm originally from Coventry and have worked extensively in Birmingham and in the Black Country but live elsewhere nowadays, so I have inside experience of most of that regions accents and dialects, while now having the comparative experience of accents and dialects from living in several other several other regions, including the South-West, the North-West and Wales .....

My you do get around a bit.

Fully appreciate Dezzy's comments about Black country and Brummie accents being lumped together. I have a north eastern accent, washed out by living elsewhere, but I hate it when people are described as having a Geordie accent, even though to me they are clearly from places like Sunderland, South Shields, Hartlepool Durham, etc

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Shasown

My you do get around a bit.

Some people do and some people don't - I do .....

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Omah

Luckily, I'm originally from Coventry and have worked extensively in Birmingham and in the Black Country but live elsewhere nowadays, so I have inside experience of most of that regions accents and dialects, while now having the comparative experience of accents and dialects from living in several other several other regions, including the South-West, the North-West and Wales .....

I've lived here my whole life and there's been multiple generations of my family that have lived here. I know the accent inside and out so don't try to lecture me on what it does or doesn't sound like. List all the places you've been, doesn't make you more knowledgeable about my accent when I've been speaking with it for 2 decades. It's a varied accent but it's dilluted like that wiki article said. In many places the main difference between the two is the slang used in the Black Country (like I've stated a lot of times already). They used to be more distinctive and even though I don't like being confused with a Brummie I can understand why people could confuse the two...because they are similar.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I've lived here my whole life and there's been multiple generations of my family that have lived here.

Well, some of us decided to see the rest of the world .....

[Angus]

Originally Posted by Omah

Well, some of us decided to see the rest of the world .....

How true! Such provincialism explains a hell of a lot.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by angus58

How true! Such provincialism explains a hell of a lot.

Wow the ego.

You must be operating under the misguided view your travel and experience has in some way shape or form opened your mind.

Believe me its apparent to all, it hasnt.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Omah

Well, some of us decided to see the rest of the world .....

That's good for you, send me a postcard on your travels but doesn't do anything for your argument though.

Originally Posted by angus58

How true! Such provincialism explains a hell of a lot.

Shush Wombai.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

That's good for you, send me a postcard on your travels but doesn't do anything for your argument though.

It's done wonders for my grasp of languages (5), dialects and accents, though .....