Re: British term

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> From: Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3@ckt.net>
 
> On 8/3/14 10:50 PM, Wayne Morrison wrote:
>> polycarpa3@ckt.net said:
>>> What is a "Brummie accent?"
>>
>> Brummie is slang for Birmingham.
>>
>
> Thank you, Wayne.

It's also generally considered the most hated British accent. Don't look at me, I'm an ex-pat American. :)  But in various surveys and studies, it always ranks very low. In 2008, a study from Bath Spa University (run by Lance Workman) found that people would rather hear nothing at all than a Birmingham accent.  

My students often echo such sentiments, so I play them recordings of various British accents to see if they can even guess where they're from. Interestingly, they can't always identify the Brummie accent.  

Ellen

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