Brummie

plural Brummies

1. UKinformalA person from Birmingham, United Kingdom.

   The truth is that these days the Brummies have been magnanimous enough to recognise that the Black Country exists and thats^([sic]) at least a start.

   2010, Bryan Connor, Voices from a Blue Box: Tales from a Black Country Copper, page 15

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   They are in Worcestershire [...] about a mile from the rather comically named Lickey Hills, so called, I suspect, because at week-ends they attract thousands of young Brummies licking either ice-creams or each other.

   1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 81

   John figured that people who said Ciao were asking to be damaged, especially Brummies with dreary accents who sounded even more absurd than other non-Italian Ciao users.

   2001, David Franklin, Looking For Sarah Jane Smith, Baby Ice Dog Press, Australia, →ISBN

   His drilled shot is inch perfect and initially I am frozen as the ball hits the back of the net, in front of the open mouthed Brummies massed behind the goal.

   2009, Steve Mifflin, Exile in the Promised Land, published 2013, page 120

2. UKinformaluncountableThe accented variety of English spoken in Birmingham.

   An easy mistake to make though, you'll hear more Brummie in Welshpool in August than Welsh that's for sure.

   2000 August 11, TerryD, "Skinny-Dipping Midlands", uk.rec.naturist, Usenet

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   Brummie is the accent spoken in the city of Birmingham in the area of the West Midlands. Despite its being widely discussed in the media, Brummie has not received too much attention from linguists.

   2013, Kamil Malarski, “Intonation in the Perception of Brummie”, in Ewa Waniek-Klimczak, Linda R. Shockey, editors, Teaching and Researching English Accents in Native and Non-native Speakers, Springer,, page 208

comparative Brummier · comparative more Brummie · superlative Brummiest · superlative most Brummie

1. UKinformalOf or relating to Birmingham, United Kingdom.

   Mick Beards, thirty-three, is a Brummie with the Brummiest accent you have ever heard.

   2007, Chris Terrill, Commando, page 78

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   "Jump on that bus?" he shouted in an even Brummier accent. "Yow must be jokin'. The bleedin' thing hasn't moved in this traffic for near on an hour."

   1976, Punch, volume 270, page 265

   Hayley Jordan is played by an actress who's^([sic]) name I can't remember, but who is actually Jasper Carrott's daughter, and apart from Nigel Mansell, you can't get more Brummie than that.

   1995 November 3, Audrey MacDonald, “Accents on the Archers”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet)

   When the girls smile, he says in his most Brummie Italian, False presumption of binary opposition.

   1997, Tim Parks, Europa, published 2012, unnumbered page

   I remember it now having watched the clip! Under Spaghetti Junction too. You can't get more Brummie than that!

   2011 January 23, darkprince66, "Good old BR Improvisation to keep the service running", uk.railway, Usenet