Peaky Blinders (TV)

[Fnaar]

I watched a bit of one once and it looked like a load of old nonsense.

I'll set Alfie Solomons on you

 

[Dirk]

I love it and Cillian Murphy is brilliant

His Brummie accent is a bit dodgey though, as are those of several of the other characters.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

His Brummie accent is a bit dodgey though, as are those of several of the other characters.

Brummie is a dodgy accent though.

 

[Dirk]

Brummie is a dodgy accent though.

It's also one of the most difficult to imitate convincingly.

 

[Fnaar]

It's also one of the most difficult to imitate convincingly.

Kipper tie?
Ar, 2 sugars please.

 

[Dirk]

Kipper tie?
Ar, 2 sugars please.

I've never heard any Brummie speak like that.
( Well........apart from someone making a very poor attempt at the accent)

 

[Fnaar]

I went fishin' the other day and I caught a whale. But I threw it back in, cos it 'ad no spokes.

(Jasper Carrott)

 

[Dirk]

I went fishin' the other day and I caught a whale. But I threw it back in, cos it 'ad no spokes.

(Jasper Carrott)

'Wale' is Black Country....not Birmingham.
Carrott should know better, I went to the same school as him.

 

[Fnaar]

'Wale' is Black Country....not Birmingham.

Same thing to an outsider

 

[Dirk]

Same thing to an outsider

Try telling THAT to a Brummie or a Black Countryman!

 

[Fnaar]

Try telling THAT to a Brummie or a Black Countryman!

I know really, it's like calling a Durhamite a Geordie, or an Essex boy a Cockney.

 

[Dirk]

I know really, it's like calling a Durhamite a Geordie, or an Essex boy a Cockney.

Everyone south of Watford Gap is a Cockney........

 

[Fnaar]

Apparently it's a hit in the USA. Wonder if they have subtitles?

 

[Fnaar]

Everyone south of Watford Gap is a Cockney........

Fair enough

 

[Dirk]

Apparently it's a hit in the USA. Wonder if they have subtitles?

I'm a Brummie and I need subtitles sometimes........... some of the accents are so bad!