Birmingham (Brummie) Dialect

 

• Archetyped as unintelligent

• Birmingham is the 2nd largest city in the UK

 

Specifics:

• Typically utilizes upward inflection at the end of phrases

• Often drops r’s at the end of words

 

Media:

            Peaky Blinders: Television Series

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WOMAN 1 (BIRMINGHAM) TRANSCRIPTION

 

Sʌu      ðIs       wikƐnd            Ɔi        hʌŋ      æut      wIθ      mʌ       boifrƐnd.         wi 

So,       this      weekend         I          hung   out      with      my       boyfriend.      We

 

wƐn’    æut      fʌ’       dInnʌ’   ænd    hæd    ItæliƐn            fud       æn’      It          wʌs    

went    out      for       dinner  and    had     Italian             food    and      it           was      

 

rIli        dIlIʃʌs              ænd    ðƐn      wi        wɑtʃ’d              ʌ          muvƐi  ænd,    ʌm,     

really   delicious         and     then    we       watched          a          movie  and,   um,      

 

plƐid                ʌ          gƐim    ʌ’         skræbl

played             a          game   of         scrabble.