tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post6378708044075461824..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: BrummiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-82900323195419095582008-05-03T18:57:00.000+01:002008-05-03T18:57:00.000+01:00I've gotten as far as "Orright?" and "Tararabit".I've gotten as far as "Orright?" and "Tararabit".Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-29654178569308109982008-05-03T16:42:00.000+01:002008-05-03T16:42:00.000+01:00The smaller HG, who went to live in England's Firs...The smaller HG, who went to live in England's First City aged 4, can speak Brum with the perfect intonation, vocabulary and style of the native speaker. She can swear on her mum. hush her mouth, turn round, misspoke herself, and still says, yi, for yes. <BR/>It is a language so cadenced it is more sung than spoken, at its most fluent - and the complex vowel sets lie comfortably side by side with their Italian counterparts. Pronouncimg 'why' in Brum has much in common with 'aiuolo'. I miss my azaleas and magnolias, I sometimes catch myself worrying about dry rot - so I suppose I miss that too.<BR/><BR/>And dining out was like stepping into the pages of W.H.B. Court.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-35600994632281447422008-05-03T13:22:00.000+01:002008-05-03T13:22:00.000+01:00Incorporated in my post. Excellent, Sackers.Incorporated in my post. Excellent, Sackers.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com