Hi All Try this site for interesting things about the black country.You can even have a listen to what we sound like if your not a local. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/features/2002/12/accents/black_country_dialect.shtml All the best Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mellie" <chouikh2006@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:40 PM Subject: [B.C.] Re: Mellie >>>I almost feel like ringing Mellie, Just to see how this language really > sounds, problem being if I can't understand it typed there is no way I > would > understand it spoken. > Cheers Karen > Central Queensland Australia > PS- Still waiting to hear about Casseys fish<< > > you would be dissapointed LOL, I dont speak black country on the telephone > or at work LOL but I do have a black country accent LOL > the clue to "reading" black country is to say it as it sounds aka "tell it > like it is" the black country way LOL > when I write "black country "speak" (or spake as we say it LOL) I write > it how it is pronounced.as in "you are" is spelt "yowm" becuase thats what > we say LOL as in "you am" (yam yam LOL) there is nothing gramatically or > politically correct in the black country, we dont care for it LOL, > ses me having to deal with enquiries about the home office's latest > campaign ("NO MEANS NO") launched today LOL > Mellie > How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back? > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The Assistant List Admins are Jean Morgan and Jan Ross > (Couldn't do it without those two great ladies) > >