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EarlG

(21,894 posts)
26. Black Country is not pikey :)
Tue May 11, 2021, 01:04 PM
May 2021

This vid is a pretty great example of some extreme Black Country dialect. Most people where I grew up didn't have it quite this strong, but I had older relatives in the area who talked just like this (note that the first guy talking is doing a poem, people didn't all speak in rhyme, lol).

Does she weigh the same as a duck? Renew Deal May 2021 #1
She turned me into a newt! Ray Bruns May 2021 #2
You beat me to it! Hiawatha Pete May 2021 #5
That's ok. I got better. Ray Bruns May 2021 #11
Would that be Gaetz or Gohmert? rpannier May 2021 #21
therefore ... BlueWavePsych May 2021 #3
Bring out yer dead!!!! Initech May 2021 #4
She turned me into a Newt! Hiawatha Pete May 2021 #6
Aaaaaaccck! And he never got better! lagomorph777 May 2021 #18
Dear Limey Dave... I ALWAYS appreciate yer pics, but this one is STELLAR! n/t TygrBright May 2021 #7
I had a friend when I lived in Vancouver, many years ago, whose accent... BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #8
Still happens to me all the time when I have to give my name, especially on the phone EarlG May 2021 #12
"Dave? DAVE...? FailureToCommunicate May 2021 #17
Nice! BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #22
Well, that's the funny thing EarlG May 2021 #24
OMG!!! BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #25
Black Country is not pikey :) EarlG May 2021 #26
That would take me SOME time to tune my ear to, and probably wouldn't in the time I have left.. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #27
Perfect. dalton99a May 2021 #9
... orangecrush May 2021 #10
"Burn her!!!!!" Grins May 2021 #13
How do you know she is a Witch? ProudMNDemocrat May 2021 #14
Ah yes, but what else floats in the water? SergeStorms May 2021 #16
They Certainly Have Their Share Of Witches. COL Mustard May 2021 #20
Well, yesphan May 2021 #15
+1 Twoflower May 2021 #19
republicans prove once again day after day: joshdawg May 2021 #23
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