Teeny tiny things that drive you nuts out of all proportion

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pplpilot

Guru
Location
Knowle
P[QUOTE 2412587, member: 45"]People who accuse Brummies of using an Americanism when they say mom instead of mum. We've always said that.[/quote]

People who say "oh you're a brummie then?"

When in fact I'm from the black country, although i reside in Solihull now don't you know....
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
[QUOTE 2412553, member: 45"]People who can't spell marshmallows.[/quote]
People who call them 'marshmEllows'. NO NO NO NO NO!!! It highlights your ignorance in other areas. You probably say "skellington" too, and "WestminIster". Nobbers.
 

pplpilot

Guru
Location
Knowle
[QUOTE 2412657, member: 45"]Solihullians who think they're above Brummies, while at the same time desperately trying to disassociate themselves from Chelmsley Wood.[/quote]

Ha! Ha! Ha! There is so much truth in this... Im doing my best to bring a bit of black country to the snobs around here... Failing miserably though.
 

pplpilot

Guru
Location
Knowle
[QUOTE 2412733, member: 45"]Just remind them they've got a Birmingham postcode.[/quote]

I said that to my neighbour not long after moving in, the look on her face was if she'd just found a skid mark on a hotel towel. Hyacinth Bucket has nothing on her, oh the fun we have winding her up at every opportunity.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
[QUOTE 2412752, member: 45"]Blue people who pretend that they know anyone and everyone in the music world, when the truth is that the only contact they've ever had is when they once managed to stroke Jane McDonald's polyester blouse as she climbed over a barrier to sing Cliff Richard covers in a sixties concrete shopping centre.[/quote]


Funny you mention it.
I have met Jayne McDonald - FACT
 

glasgowcyclist

Charming but somewhat feckless
Location
Scotland
Urban myth I'm afraid..

The OED disagrees:

"Changes in the pronunciation of consonant sounds during the early modern English period contributed significantly to the incongruity between spelling and pronunciation. Accordingly consonant sounds ceased to be pronounced in many contexts.

For example:
initial k- and g- ceased to be pronounced before n (as in knight, gnaw) as did initial w- before r (as in write)."


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