But listen to how he says lives. It comes out as laives when it should be loives. Just one oddity among many. Paul On 21 June 2011 14:54, Peter Wharton <peter@wharton-family.org> wrote: > I thought that for most of the film the accent sounded reasonably genuine as > did the dialect words used, although I did think there was an occasional > funny both with accent ( a touch of Scottish I thought once) and the > dialect. However I've no doubt there would be regional variations across the > black country > > I've always regarded Timothy Spall as doing a Birmingham or perhaps a more > general West Midland accent, I don't particularly remember him using any > dialect words, but it was some time ago that I last saw the program. > Regards > > Peter wharton > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-black-country-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-black-country-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Willetts > Sent: 21 June 2011 13:57 > To: eng-black-country@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Black Country] Chainstriker film from Cradley > > Contrary to suggestions, this is definitely a BC accent - listen to the way > he says 'ocean' for example. > > A > message > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >