Slang from Birmingham and the Black Country! (With a Peaky Blinder!) 

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Grew up in Brum and moved to Canada spent 50 years working, using a radio for communications. Now understand why everyone instantly knew who I was when I came on.

Interesting, as a Chinese, I didn't expect that one day I would watch a video teaching Burminghan (hope I got the word right) accent with a big smile on my face. Brilliant work, thanks a lot!

You're a brilliant actress! Why shouldn't you play a role in Peaky Blinders? 😁

Great stuff Laura. My first experience of the broad Brummie/Black Country accent was a bit of a shock. A long time ago, eleven year old Cockney/London born me stepped off the train at Birmingham New Street. That then was a very "Black" Station from all the coal fired steam Train action. Railway enthusiast me, I got talking to the group of young Lads Train Spotting at the end of the platform. I told them I wanted to see a Coronation Class Locomotive in action, ideally at speed. I got the following reply from one of the lads which went something like this. "If yow wanna to see the sem-eyes at speed you wanna go to Tammoth and see the Middoiy Scut." Huh? Roughly translated it goes like this. If you want to see the semi-streamlined at speed you want to go to Tamworth and see the Mid-day Scot. For about 1/3d ( six pence decimal ~ what's inflation Dad? ) for a return ticket to Tamworth I did get to see that train at speed with the magnificent Coronation Class Locomotive 46237 "City of Bristol" on the Northbound Scot. I could not believe a steam train could go that fast. Any train for that matter. Worth every penny. When the family moved from London to Gloucester ( locally Glostirr ) I was barely nine years old. My first day at Junior school had all the local lads forming a circle around me in the playground getting me to speak. None had heard Cockney before. Remember there was only one TV Channel. The BBC and few households had a TV. All Radio/TV was BBC only all with "refined" RP accents unlike today and recent decades. Always had a keen interest in accents. One of the reasons my all time favourite entertainer was the late, great Peter Sellers. He could effortlessly produce a convincing accent from just about anywhere in the World. As any of his many films, particularly the early monochrome ones, will confirm. He could do the lot! His speciality being his Michael Caine impression. A short clip is on RU-vid if you search, Not many people know that .. ... 😉

Fook she's bloody amazing

She's got the brummie accent to a T but not the black country accent, the black country accent varies in different areas and talk a lot quicker because we abbreviate our words as small as possible E.G. you =yo,been=bin,laughing =loffin,I'm not=i'ay ECT,those slightly little words help talk quicker and we don't drone our words out it's short and sharp,

Before watching peaky blinders I used to say "hey man" but now "oi mate"

You're very creative and fun. Underrated channel and great job!

You’re really good, glad I discovered you. Not just clever with the accent but, knowledgable around what makes an accent. Saw one of your other videos about the soft T in the Birmingham accent and I think that comes from the Irish influence in Brum. And a definite phrase to add to the ones you have sited here: Oo, Aven’t you grown! Exclaimed by relatives whether they’ve not seen you for 10 years or 10 days.

That was great, made me a little familiar with other accents and try to open my ear. Thanks a lot!

Damn im going to be a French who talk with the Birmingham accent ! And good job for your videos!

This is really useful, thank you so much 👏🏻😁

Seriously impressive video! Really enjoyed it

I have an interest in Birmingham cos of my great grandparents who emigrated to Australia 100 years ago with two kids. My grandmother was born in Australia. Would love to go & visit the rellos. May have left my run too late. Love the videos. Keep up the good work!

Ah but do ya know why we'm called 'Yam yams'? It's because we say yam and not you are. So for example 'You are going, aren't you?' becomes 'Yam gewin, ay ya?' 😄👍

1:53 me(thai) : yumyum instant noodles

Sod the accents shes gorgeous !

Honestly, one of the best page.. in love with everything your appearance, the way how you speak 😍😅.. cheers from Saudi Arabia

I'm a Brummie & my gran was always telling me to; clean my donnies, wash my fizzog and keep out the 'orse rowd. Oh and then we'd get the buzz into town.

I'm a Dutchy and when i speak english i speak with a standard uk accent. I really love to learn this accent in replacement 😎

I really like your lessons, you are very funny 😅thanks for your lessons👏 greetings from Italy 👋

ta very much! Haven't heard my home dialect of Black Country since I left the UK in 1984. I grew up in Oldbury/Dudley. I can still speak Black Country, but my vocabulary is over 60 years out of date. Bostin video our kid!

Absolutely amazing!

In Cov we call a Cob a batch. I think we’re the only place in the UK to use that

Thank you from Brazil! Now i can be a wild peaky blinder speaking idioms who no one understand while a walk in slow motion eating a cob and drinking pop (bad combination). Thank you again and tararabit.

Oh god I just realized the word “bussin” came from “bostin’” 😭😭😭

It so nice that i find your video, it is my cup of tea :)

😍love your videos, continue like this :))

Blimey! You are spectacular. The best Ive ever seen, period.

I like your videos so much. Never stop uploading ma'am.

please don't stop making slang videos, U really cast light on the shadows ,only god knows how you help us ,carry on, love u👍

Very well produced. love the cap. So cute!

I used to work in Telford (Shropshire) and they use "Round the Wrekin" Its the name of a local hill/peak (and local council area) that you have to go around as its impossible to drive over!! Probably where the expression originates?

I love your slang! I'm from Eastgermany living in Westgermany! Slangs enaught!

If ever I would learn to speak in an accent, in particular, it is going to be Birmingham. That's the magic of this video. Pure Peaky Blinders flavour.

I recall back in the mid 60's working at the old Velocette motorcycle in Brum. One day a group of us "youths" were talking, inevitably, about wimmen. We asked one of the older workers, Arthur Mo', how we would know when we were in love. In full lugubrious Brummie Arthur replied, " Yow'l know lads, being in luv is loik havin' a thousan' sparra's fly out of yer arse..." No answer to that is there?

I have loads of fun with my two (not so now) little Hampshire Hogs, about many words that I use compared to what they use, in particular: Cobs, pop, outdoor, pikelets, bath (not barth!), bostin, etc. Bless them, they just don't gerrit! Long live the West Midlands accents and dialects! Bostin!

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I could listen to it for hours.

♥️♥️♥️its hard to understand UK accent..bt i loved it..TARRABIT..😄

thank you enjoyed it very much here in America

It’s like I’m back in my Hagley road flat now thinking about Tesco’s and whether to get a steak bake or sausage roll from Greg’s.

Amazing !! Thanks

W I C K E D . . . That Was Bloody Brilliant . . . Great Video . . . Cheers . . .

When I went back to the UK, from OZ, I went to a conference in Birmingham. At the breakfast café the girl said... "what tible noomber aarh you at ? " ... soo brummie !!

Noddy Holder speaks like that too

i don't know who you are but that intro... im in luv

My other half is from Westbromwich, hence we have two Westbrom supporters in my house. I'm from Yorkshire. We have some of the same slang words as you. We also say, 'babby', ' stop clarting around', 'bust' for broken, 'he's got a cob on' but we call a cob a ' bread cake'. What about scone. Do you say 'scone' or 'scon'. I'm from Hull and we say 'scone' there. Whenever we go over to Westbrom I always feel out of place there with my accent. The black country accent is very ' sing songy'. I think the Yorkshire accent is a lot more flat. 😊

You're absolutely outstanding!

Dammnn was looking for some stand-up British comedies.. However i figured you out nd my research has been finished now.

You're a cool teacher!

Wow i travel to england with my spirit . Good job

Perhaps the French for "tararabit" is not "au revoir" but "à tout à l'heure" - it's a bit more colloquial and suggests a more imminent repeat meeting, as it were. "A tout à l'heure" was, as you may know, brought back to the UK by the soldiers of WW1 as "toodle -oo".

Not only did i enjoy it, but i freaking loved it ♥🤣

I love this video !!!

The best channel i have ever found so far...hahahha

you're great, thank you so much

In Leicester the East Midlands say Cob but Midway in Coventry they don`t.

Hey luv, I'll have a cob and a pop then tararabit so I can go round about the wrekin.

I loveeeeeeeeeeeee this U rock, man

She is so funny. I love it. Very funny.

have to ask, is it difficult to force the accent (i know you're from round here). after being trained (i presume) to use RP

The Black Country Museum has a channel on TikTok that has given me a leg up on the BC accent. Well, that and deciphering Ozzy's speech since the late 80's. :P If you could answer a question, on the BCM channel, one of the characters often 'greets" the viewer with "Warro, are kid." As he's an older gentleman in an older time, I'm guessing Warro is "what ho?" but the "are kid" to me sounds like it could be either "There kid" or possibly "Our kid." Could you advise?

You are a super entertainer! Congratulations!

bloody lovely!

That was exactly what i wanted😂

Thanks g

You're just Amazing !!!

David Bowie had a great song about this. Called Black Country Rock. 1970

Buuuut… I am laughing a lot. Buuut “shrapnel” is very likely to me. You are amazing don’t stop…

Lol in california we call it soda. When I went to Oregon people said pop. Funny the same thing in the u.k 🇬🇧.

Love it

Big fan of you

Hilarious. Love it

Lovely!

this is an amazing videaaww

Wow ! What a smashing good end beautiful teacher !

Bloody hell that's so good for slang

Great -video¡¡¡¡ greetings from Chile¡

I never realized when I imitate the english accent aside from rp i was speaking brummie - wouldn't clart about be easily mistaken for another less fortunate word? cutting it very close.

Lovely!!!!

I'm from Dudley she smoshed it , much love ❤

You are great!

Oh, wow. You are amazing 😘❤️👍

Bostin show👏🏻💯

I like so much this Birmingham's accent, Pls could some one tell me the name of this a good teacher I like so much his accent

Excellent

I come from South Staffordshire Funny to here you ah ah!

Here in mexico we says "morralla", instead shrapnel

Very good

Brilliant 😄😄😄🥰

the language intrigues me aswell cos in the black country we use the word mush...alrite mush as in alrite mate.now the only other time ive heard mush being used is when you hear tyson fury speak and hes from manchester.i wonder where the word originates from and whether its a gypsy word but ive never known it to be.

There's loads and the younger people don't seem to use it now I keep saying we're are all the brummies

This was funny 👍

This a cob!!! 🤣🤣🤣>> I love the expression.

Ahh, thanks a lot for bringing back memories. I used to live in Hinckley/Leics which does have quite a bit in common with the Brummies (please don't hit me for saying that!) Especially the cobs made my day. I had a lot of them over there 😄

Im from naga (NAGALAND) INDIA , IT SO INTERESTING , PLZ DONT EVER STOP making videos mam

Wow !!!! I am from Brazil and it was too hard to get what she's said .

Hi. I learn English. I liked this video .