Hi John You had a problem with Aussies understanding your Walsall accent , when I went to live at Oldbury/ West Brom they could not understand my Gornal accent and I had to alter my speech so they could understand me , Now my husband tells me I have a Brommy accent he is very lucky to be alive Cassy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Steane" <steane@bravo.net.au> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:26 AM Subject: Fw: [B.C.] attn cassy! > Hi > > Life gets complicated does it not, I left Walsall in my mid > twenties, and having now lived in Australia for over 40 years I had been > bought up to be > 1 Not in the Black Country > 2 To be a proud South Stafford, in particular the 5th South > Staffords which had a high percentage of Walsall men in it. > Now I find I'm a Northerner in the West Midlands and of course > in the Black Country. I have of course given up on my Walsall accent, > after all its difficult to get the Aussies to understand English never > mind a Walsall accent. I no longer argue re being in the Black Country or > not, after all how can I argue with Dave Ogden, but he does come from > Wednesbury and that says it all ( I did attend the Tech College at > Wednesbury for 4/5 years) > > I have come to the conclusion I need a TRANSLATOR > > John Steane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cassy" <cassyfranklin@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 4:02 AM > Subject: Re: [B.C.] attn cassy! > > >> Okay Millie I have no idea what Walsall comes under but I will take >> your word for it its north But please don't upset the Northerners has >> we could have a riot on the list (vbg) >> Cassy > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- > d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk > > >