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The letters ng often represent /ŋɡ/ where RP has just /ŋ/ (e.g. singer as [ˈsiŋɡɐ], Birmingham as [ˈbɘ̝͗ːmiŋɡəm])—see NG-coalescence. /r/ is not pronounced except when prevocalic (followed by a vowel); the Brummie accent, as an urban accent of the West Midlands region, is characteristically non-rhotic.
West Midlands accents do not have the trap–bath split much like Northern England English, so cast is pronounced [kast] rather than the [kɑːst] pronunciation of most southern accents. The northern limit of the [ɑː] in many words crosses England from mid- Shropshire to The Wash , passing just south of Birmingham .
A specialist dialect called Pitmatic is within this group, found across the region. It includes terms specific to coal mining. Yorkshire is distinctive, having regional variants around Leeds, Bradford, Hull, Middlesbrough, Sheffield, and York. Although many Yorkshire accents sound similar, accents in areas around Hull and Middlesbrough are ...
Brummagem (/ ˈ b r ʌ m ə dʒ əm / BRUM-ə-jəm, locally [ˈbrʊmədʒəm]), and historically also Bromichan, Bremicham and many similar variants, is the local name for the city of Birmingham, England, and the dialect associated with it.
West Midlands English, a dialect spoken in the United Kingdom, spoken in the western area of the English Midlands. Midland American English, a dialect spoken in the United States, spoken in parts of the Midwest, Pennsylvania, and southern New Jersey, and sometimes included, are the Appalachian dialects of West Virginia to Georgia.
The Potteries dialect descends from the West Midlands dialect of Middle English (ME), whereas modern Standard English descends from the East Midlands dialect. ME /a/ became /ɒ/ in the West Midland area, so that man is pronounced /mɒn/, and cannot is /kɒnə/. ME /eː/ has diphthongised in many cases to /ei/.
South West England or "West Country" English is a family of similar strongly rhotic accents, now perceived as rural. It originally extended an even larger region, across much of South East England, including an area south of the " broad A " isogloss , but the modern West Country dialects are now most often classified west of a line roughly from ...
Brummie is the associated adjective and demonym of Birmingham, a city of West Midlands in England. It may refer to: Anything from or related to the city of Birmingham, in particular: The people of Birmingham (see also List of people from Birmingham) The Brummie dialect of English; Birmingham Brummies, English motorcycle speedway team