Tom, if you're not a Brummie, your pronunciations are spot on. I'm a Brummie, but I have a love-hate relationship with my accent because my dad (different accent to mine) has always mocked the way Brummies talk. I love hearing different accents and dialects.
Thanks Kirstin! I LOVE the Brummie accent. You should be proud of it! It's got such character and charm. I have a few friends in Brum and they are huge defender of the accent maybe because it often gets criticised from outsiders. I'll be honest, I could listen to Jack Grealish speak all day long. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video : )
I really enjoy how you break down the various dialects of the UK. As a US native English speaker, many of us get a “blurred” impression and you easily and (I feel anyway) accurately break down and he regional differences. The effort and time in which you invest into these videos is very evident! Thanks Bud/Mate!
As an official brummie this is pretty spot on, some was more of a black country accent as thats a stronger accent and we call them yam yams. Im very proud of my accent and most of us are 👍
Tom, love ya! You are so much fun to watch with all your enthusiasm. And you are brilliantly explaining local sound shifts in pronunciation. Thanks so much! Hello from Berlin
I watched the entire Peaky Blinders series with closed captions on. Absolutely loved listening to these guys talk but man, I can’t understand a word they’re saying. Fookin’ right, Arthur?!
Ahhh so Billy Kimber speaks with a London/Cockney accent for some reason. For example he uses that schwa sound on the -er of Kimber whereas Brummie speakers might use an /æ/
Just a note, Grealish didn’t use a rolling ‘r’ when saying favourites. The rolling r doesn’t feature as much with younger Brummies and Black Country folk.
Just to confirm did Jack grow up in Brum? And also Brum is huge so the diversity of Brum accents will match this. To me saying someone has a brummie accent suggests they are all the same and they are not. Think of London the megacity how many versions of their accent do they have ?
I'm from Georgia in the us and to me, this sounds to me like a mix of what we consider a common "british accent" and what we consider a "Louisiana Cajun accent".
Most beautiful Brummie accent of all times with that genuine nasal sound was Nick Rhodes accent when he was young, added to that deep and sexy voice. I love when he says " I mean uummm 😅 Now he sounds more like a Londoner, still sounds very enjoyable for me ❤
I wish you could more of those videos where you evaluate the quality of someone’s British accent, I mean, have always been curious to know what you thinking about Nicole Kidman’s accent in The Others and Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians 👌
Hmm, could this have changed over the last 30 years? I’ve been listening to John Taylor, Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran speaking for the last 40 years. this sounds really different from how they speak. Some specifics… if they say “years” it’s Yeaaahs or “something” it’s more like “somethink”. Weird. Of course I still luv how they all say “Juran Juran”❤
During the pandemic i used to live in brum im originally from coventry and picked up the accent quickly whenever i visited my step dad he would always rip me for picking up the accent. 😂😂
Cracking series discussing the Birmingham accent ,I must say that there is a very slight difference between north and south Birmingham ie Jack Grealish and Johnny Osbourne .I think the North Birmingham accent is the authentic one .Jus'my opinion aright ?
Pls make a vid about black country accent, especially paying attention to AY as EA or EE: like Taycher =teacher, faycher=feature, spayke = speak, trayte = treat and the like.
Aye! Thanks mate, really glad you liked it. I try to do as much research as possible and I'm happy to see quite a few Brummies leaving positive comments on this video. More to come ; )
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish since moving to the states when i was 18 yrs old my accent remained the same from Bradford with influences from brummie as well except now i pick up all the California slang with a English accent 😆..
I'm an American but this is amy parents' accent. Oddly enough, it's one of the hardest for me to identify. I think it just sounds like a regular English accent to me.
Thanks for commenting. I guess my question to you would be what is a 'regular' English accent? I'm guessing you mean received pronunciation which is actually only spoken by about 3-4% of Brits. It is the one, however, that gets the most exposure in popular culture and teaching materials. Give Peaky Blinders a watch and after the first few episodes I'm sure you'll have tuned your ear to Brummie : ) All the best from across the pond. Teacher Tom
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish no, it's just the accent I think of when I think of an English accent. Which makes sense but also makes it hard for me to distinguish. To me it's like a flat Midwest accent here in the States.
Have you ever heard any memeber of UB 40's band speaking ? OMG!! That's very really brummie accent!!!😳 Sometimes I've got to hear them twice to understand it
I went to Birmingham this year, and it was not that difficult to understand. I can completely understand Birmingham accent well. But I got to admit that Birmingham accent is more difficult than London accent.
I've told people for years the reason they can't understand Ozzy is 90% his accent, 8% he has a stutter, and only 2% the drugs/booze. Growing up I was a huge fan and listened to lots of interviews, and have no problem understanding the Brummie accent.
You're great teacher and admire your work. For some reason, I don't find the way you speak very pleasant. That is just my personal taste though. This goes to show that accents don't really matter, it's also personal. Probably 99% of your followers like the way you speak. Any accent is fine as long as it's clear. I find the Brummie accent pleasant.
Hey Eunice, the clue is in the name.....London! However, through social media and TV shows like Top Boy it is spreading across the country particularly in urban areas. I'll do MLE very soon!
They do. They are from Sutton Coldfield, a part of Birmingham. The films make the Weasley side characters Brummie - Molly and Arthur are both also played by Brummies, and Domhnall Gleeson plays Bill with a Brummie accent.
Sir, what's your accent? Sir, if you tell me the name of your accent, I will commence to learn it because I like your accent in the first place and it's my first day of the video of your, watching it right now
Arthur Shelby has perhaps one of the broadest brummie/brummy accent I have ever heard does not sound too different to the actor real accent he just sounds broad in general.
Tom, if you're not a Brummie, your pronunciations are spot on. I'm a Brummie, but I have a love-hate relationship with my accent because my dad (different accent to mine) has always mocked the way Brummies talk. I love hearing different accents and dialects.
Thanks Kirstin! I LOVE the Brummie accent. You should be proud of it! It's got such character and charm. I have a few friends in Brum and they are huge defender of the accent maybe because it often gets criticised from outsiders. I'll be honest, I could listen to Jack Grealish speak all day long. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video : )
Be proud of who YOU are. 😊
Brunmie accent is rough
I think the accent is so charming, I’m insecure of my accent too but it’s actually lovely to hear variety in the voices of others 😊
I think Brummie is my favourite accent! I've got a friend from Birmingham, and I love to listen to him speak!
Love that!
Does he sound like Grealish?
@@kayleeng4505 pretty much, yeah.
Said no one ever
I really enjoy how you break down the various dialects of the UK. As a US native English speaker, many of us get a “blurred” impression and you easily and (I feel anyway) accurately break down and he regional differences. The effort and time in which you invest into these videos is very evident! Thanks Bud/Mate!
That's such a lovely comment mate, thank you very much!
Is this comment in english?
As an official brummie this is pretty spot on, some was more of a black country accent as thats a stronger accent and we call them yam yams. Im very proud of my accent and most of us are 👍
Never be ashamed of where you are from.
Cheers Jamie : ) I've got a few friends in Brum and I've noticed how proud locals are of their accent. I love that! All the best : )
Well said Darren!
Loved it! Well done Tom, so important for learners to understand different features of British accents to become better listeners. 👍
Agreed! Thanks Sheila : )
You truly are a wonderful Teacher, Tom! Your enthusiasm is infectious. Love everything ESD English! Thank you!
Aww what a lovely comment! Thank you so much : ) More accent videos on the way
I feel ready for a trip to Birmingham now! Thank you, Tom!
Hehehe pack your bags Eric : )
As a Brummie I love this video..thanks for giving it a platform 😊
Thank u mate! One of the best explanations of the accent!!! 🫡🫡
You are welcome my friend!
Tom, love ya! You are so much fun to watch with all your enthusiasm. And you are brilliantly explaining local sound shifts in pronunciation. Thanks so much! Hello from Berlin
I subscribed ❤Thank you for this video, really learned as myself have been living UK over 20yrs as HongKonger 🎉
I watched the entire Peaky Blinders series with closed captions on. Absolutely loved listening to these guys talk but man, I can’t understand a word they’re saying. Fookin’ right, Arthur?!
Great! Now I understand where the sounds of "...I am Billy Kimber, I run the races..." come from. Thank you!
Ahhh so Billy Kimber speaks with a London/Cockney accent for some reason. For example he uses that schwa sound on the -er of Kimber whereas Brummie speakers might use an /æ/
Make an extensive video about the Cockeny accent covering all the features there. 🙏🏻🙏🏻please cause it's the best in my opinion
Oh for sure mate! Cockney is on the to-do list.
I Love your Brummie accent Tom
You are so good at doing these types accents
Just a note, Grealish didn’t use a rolling ‘r’ when saying favourites. The rolling r doesn’t feature as much with younger Brummies and Black Country folk.
Absolutely loved it!!! I’d love to watch Scouse accent, I think it’s gonna be interesting 😍
Just to confirm did Jack grow up in Brum? And also Brum is huge so the diversity of Brum accents will match this. To me saying someone has a brummie accent suggests they are all the same and they are not. Think of London the megacity how many versions of their accent do they have ?
This is wonderful!!!!!! I’m an American actor trying to learn the accent. Thank you so much!!!❤❤❤❤❤
I'm not sure if I'm right, but what I've noticed is that Scottish ppl do vice versa with the sound (ei) - (ai), they say (smeil) instead of (smail) 😅
Thank you Tom! 💙
Very interesting video! 👍😁
If you could..
Edinburgh accent please 🙏😄
Yes....I guess I'll have to visit Edinburgh and do some on the ground research ; )
I'd really love to hear the Welsh accent, as it is rarely addressed - or Mancunian 🥰
Agreed! It's one I know very little about so I'll have to do lots of research before making it, but I will do!
They sound American to me
I'm from Georgia in the us and to me, this sounds to me like a mix of what we consider a common "british accent" and what we consider a "Louisiana Cajun accent".
Most beautiful Brummie accent of all times with that genuine nasal sound was Nick Rhodes accent when he was young, added to that deep and sexy voice. I love when he says " I mean uummm 😅 Now he sounds more like a Londoner, still sounds very enjoyable for me ❤
Tom! Appreciate the effort to create this video. ❤ It Tom
I love love love ALLLLL British accents❤
All the Brummies I've known pronounce laugh as ''larf''.
Bro be looking like Adrian from mafs uk
Interesting accent.
Brummie it’s my fav accent in whole UK ❤
Really? Love that!
Yeah! I love that accent 😀
The North Wales' accent would be good to hear some day🙂 Freshly coming there I got next to nothing.
Great shout!
Thank you Tom 🌈
My pleasure Patty : )
I wish you could more of those videos where you evaluate the quality of someone’s British accent, I mean, have always been curious to know what you thinking about Nicole Kidman’s accent in The Others and Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians 👌
It must have had some influence on the Australian accent.
I just said that it’s that
Exaggerated I sound on the Letter A. Ai instead of aye
I see Peaky Blinders.... I give a like.
Hehehe nice!
Question. How would a brummie say the word "Shine". ?
Hmm, could this have changed over the last 30 years? I’ve been listening to John Taylor, Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran speaking for the last 40 years. this sounds really different from how they speak.
Some specifics… if they say “years” it’s Yeaaahs or “something” it’s more like “somethink”. Weird.
Of course I still luv how they all say “Juran Juran”❤
During the pandemic i used to live in brum im originally from coventry and picked up the accent quickly whenever i visited my step dad he would always rip me for picking up the accent. 😂😂
Cracking series discussing the Birmingham accent ,I must say that there is a very slight difference between north and south Birmingham ie Jack Grealish and Johnny Osbourne .I think the North Birmingham accent is the authentic one .Jus'my opinion aright ?
Fun! LOVE the peaky blinders!
Me too! Glad you liked it Katy!
Pls make a vid about black country accent, especially paying attention to AY as EA or EE: like Taycher =teacher, faycher=feature, spayke = speak, trayte = treat and the like.
😮Birmingham is definitely the U.K's 2nd City 🇬🇧
I always thought it was London
My friend simps of Brad Simpson of the vamps who’s born in Birmingham, his slight accent is from Brad
I love your videos so much… Always so accurate and on point
Aye! Thanks mate, really glad you liked it. I try to do as much research as possible and I'm happy to see quite a few Brummies leaving positive comments on this video. More to come ; )
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish since moving to the states when i was 18 yrs old my accent remained the same from Bradford with influences from brummie as well except now i pick up all the California slang with a English accent 😆..
I'm an American but this is amy parents' accent. Oddly enough, it's one of the hardest for me to identify. I think it just sounds like a regular English accent to me.
Thanks for commenting. I guess my question to you would be what is a 'regular' English accent? I'm guessing you mean received pronunciation which is actually only spoken by about 3-4% of Brits. It is the one, however, that gets the most exposure in popular culture and teaching materials. Give Peaky Blinders a watch and after the first few episodes I'm sure you'll have tuned your ear to Brummie : ) All the best from across the pond. Teacher Tom
@@EatSleepDreamEnglishI guess it sounds like regular English to him because he’s used to his parents speaking it.
@@EatSleepDreamEnglish no, it's just the accent I think of when I think of an English accent. Which makes sense but also makes it hard for me to distinguish. To me it's like a flat Midwest accent here in the States.
I'm interested in the Liverpool accent and the Middlesbrough accent😃
Ohh two great shouts! Thanks : )
Have you ever heard any memeber of UB 40's band speaking ? OMG!! That's very really brummie accent!!!😳 Sometimes I've got to hear them twice to understand it
Baby = babby in Brummie. I love this word.
Love this too!
thank you so much for the video! You are great!!
Hai baibi! Sounds great 😄
I went to Birmingham this year, and it was not that difficult to understand. I can completely understand Birmingham accent well. But I got to admit that Birmingham accent is more difficult than London accent.
Am I right in thinking it sounds quite a bit like the Aussie accent?
It’s the I in the A sound
Interesting! Thanks Tom!
I've told people for years the reason they can't understand Ozzy is 90% his accent, 8% he has a stutter, and only 2% the drugs/booze.
Growing up I was a huge fan and listened to lots of interviews, and have no problem understanding the Brummie accent.
It's brilliantly, smashing, cracking, so interesting ! I ❤ U.
Glad you enjoyed it mate!
Would Brummie use “thing” or “fing”?
Should have more likes !
Saludos from El Salvador
Love it! Thank you.
Hi. For the next video , can you do a world english accent quiz and explain how to differentshade international accents from around the world? Thxx
Please Feature the Multi cultural London accent In the next video!
Yes yes! I can't wait to do MLE!!!!
my accent is my achilles heal, so it seems, nobody outside brum understands me! which plays havoc with my chosen profession, english teacher in spain!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
good teacher
Is this the same accent they use for people in the North in GOT?
No mate, that’s northern English, Brummie is West Midlands accents
Hope you do a video feature the cockney accent
Great video. We want scouse accent of course! Then cockney!
Sure thing! It seems like Scouse is the one everyone wants : )
Can you analyze Jamie Tart from Ted Lasso’s accent 😂😊
Tom: "bastard", how great is that word 💀
As A Canadian Lad learning a Birmingham accent and I can speak it accurately
It's has some similarities in its vowel pronunciation to a stereotypical south African accent at least to my ears
Brumie?!
just BOSTIN accent...! 😂❤👍
You're great teacher and admire your work. For some reason, I don't find the way you speak very pleasant. That is just my personal taste though. This goes to show that accents don't really matter, it's also personal. Probably 99% of your followers like the way you speak. Any accent is fine as long as it's clear. I find the Brummie accent pleasant.
Thomas Shelby make the brummie accent popular
Hi I would like to join the class for Birmingham accent it’s very hard to understand how to join your online classes please do reply
As a Brummie annoyed by a lot of these videos that confuse the Brummie and the Black Country accent I would give this 10/10. Noice one, bab
Hello Teacher Tom. What city Speaks the Multi cultural London accents?
Hey Eunice, the clue is in the name.....London! However, through social media and TV shows like Top Boy it is spreading across the country particularly in urban areas. I'll do MLE very soon!
I'd like eat sleep dream english release a mackem/geordie accent video
Northampton accent sounds like Bummie too. Can I say that?
Do the Phelps twins aka the Weasley twins from Harry Potter have Birmingham accent? 🙂
I think they speak with more of an estuary English accent if my memory serves me well. It's from the home counties outside London.
They do. They are from Sutton Coldfield, a part of Birmingham. The films make the Weasley side characters Brummie - Molly and Arthur are both also played by Brummies, and Domhnall Gleeson plays Bill with a Brummie accent.
Sir, what's your accent?
Sir, if you tell me the name of your accent, I will commence to learn it because I like your accent in the first place and it's my first day of the video of your, watching it right now
What about the R
Does Joe Sparkes from Fireman Sam speak with a Brummie accent?
Very good
Impressive
Glad you liked it my friend!
Now I/m wondering how often you use the words 'you bastard' that you have your favourite way of saying it haha
Please do Glaswegian!
Ahhh yes!!! Bloody love a Glaswegian accent : )
Great!
maybe Cumbrian one ain't bad idea either;)
It's a great idea!
0:34 you missed danny G
Hi tom, I was in St.giles who support Chelsea. Can you remember me bro? LOLLL
My nick name is Champion bro
I'm asian, my english teacher told me why I don't try to practice British Accent. But I certainly did it. I mean...Brummie accent 😅
Do you sound Birmingham accent a bit closer to a black (African) English accent? I might be wrong
Jude Bellingham ❤
I'm a Brummie and never say matter like that. It's more of a younger person speak.
What about Welsh accent?
Great shout mate!
Arthur Shelby has perhaps one of the broadest brummie/brummy accent I have ever heard does not sound too different to the actor real accent he just sounds broad in general.
The actor is a Londoner. His Brummie accent is very good on the whole but occasionally he does lapse into Cockney 😂
Question from a Yank - is the rolling r common?
Jamie Tart, is that you? 😛
Hahaha
You’re not Douglas Murray’s son are you?
Brummie is easier for Indonesians