Brummie dialect (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Brummie dialect" in English language version.

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BBC (22 September 2014). "Why is the Birmingham accent so difficult to mimic?". BBC News. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

birminghammail.co.uk

Bentley, David (2017). "50 top Birmingham and Black Country sayings".

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Finch, Ellen (27 March 2016). "Shakespeare 'did not' use Midland dialect, claims academic". The Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

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Thorne 2003. Thorne, Stephen (2003), Birmingham English: A Sociolinguistic Study (Ph.D), University of Birmingham, OCLC 500294648

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Elmes (2006), p. 130. Elmes, Simon (2006), Talking for Britain: a journey through the voices of a nation, Penguin, ISBN 9780141022772
Eric Partridge (2 May 2006). A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-134-96365-2.
Thorne, Steve (2013). "West Midlands English". World Englishes. I: 152. doi:10.5040/9781474205955.ch-005. ISBN 978-1-4742-0595-5. Retrieved 24 March 2023. The English of rural areas of the West Midlands [region] ... is predominantly rhotic ... whereas the English of urban areas such as Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry and the Black Country is non-rhotic. In continuous speech, ... the linking r ... and intrusive r ... are categorical.

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Smith, Alison (2017). U wot m8?: American and British Attitudes toward Regional British Accents (BA). 1045. Scripps Senior Theses. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 22 March 2023. The Brummie accent is characterized by numerous phonological qualities, including ... non-rhoticity, ...

collectbritain.co.uk

Collect Britain Archived 2005-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Samples of Birmingham speech. (WMA format, with annotations on phonology, lexis and grammar.)

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Thorne, Steve (2013). "West Midlands English". World Englishes. I: 152. doi:10.5040/9781474205955.ch-005. ISBN 978-1-4742-0595-5. Retrieved 24 March 2023. The English of rural areas of the West Midlands [region] ... is predominantly rhotic ... whereas the English of urban areas such as Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry and the Black Country is non-rhotic. In continuous speech, ... the linking r ... and intrusive r ... are categorical.

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"h2g2 - How to Speak Brummie - Edited Entry". H2g2.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023. Not every written 'r' is articulated. Here, the Birmingham accent mirrors RP quite closely. With a word like 'Centre', the 'r' sound is completely ignored. ... [In t]he word 'Birmingham' therefore, ... the 'r' is not pronounced at all.

phonetic-blog.blogspot.com

Wells, John (13 June 2011). "The Black Country". John Wells's phonetic blog. Blogspot. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014. I have a terrible confession to make. I can't reliably distinguish between a Birmingham accent ("Brummie") and a Black Country accent. Sorry, but that's the truth.

standard.co.uk

Metro reporter (29 August 2003). "Bard spoke loik a Brummie". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

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Stockdale, Lydia (2 December 2004). "Pig ignorant about the Brummie accent". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010 – via The Free Library.

theguardian.com

Ezard, John (20 January 2003). "Face of the Halifax given a makeover ... and a cockney's voiceover". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

web.archive.org

Wells, John (13 June 2011). "The Black Country". John Wells's phonetic blog. Blogspot. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014. I have a terrible confession to make. I can't reliably distinguish between a Birmingham accent ("Brummie") and a Black Country accent. Sorry, but that's the truth.
Metro reporter (29 August 2003). "Bard spoke loik a Brummie". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
Finch, Ellen (27 March 2016). "Shakespeare 'did not' use Midland dialect, claims academic". The Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
Stockdale, Lydia (2 December 2004). "Pig ignorant about the Brummie accent". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2010 – via The Free Library.
Ezard, John (20 January 2003). "Face of the Halifax given a makeover ... and a cockney's voiceover". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
"h2g2 - How to Speak Brummie - Edited Entry". H2g2.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023. Not every written 'r' is articulated. Here, the Birmingham accent mirrors RP quite closely. With a word like 'Centre', the 'r' sound is completely ignored. ... [In t]he word 'Birmingham' therefore, ... the 'r' is not pronounced at all.
Collect Britain Archived 2005-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Samples of Birmingham speech. (WMA format, with annotations on phonology, lexis and grammar.)

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Thorne 2003. Thorne, Stephen (2003), Birmingham English: A Sociolinguistic Study (Ph.D), University of Birmingham, OCLC 500294648