on 6/14/03 11:12 AM, Liz Kirby at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> does that mean I would be good at Danish?! The Brummie accent is deep in my
> memory - though I was sent to elocution by my aspiring mother to get rid of
> it! I am not sure about the implication that Brummie sounds as if you are
> about to throw up though!
Liz!
God forbid, no! My Brummie friends of old never gave me the impression they
were about to throw up until I had taught them a few phrases in Danish. If
I remember this correctly it was all about exaggerating your accent and
getting really guttural. At least great fun was had by all when we did a
competition between various English accents about which one was most
congenial to harbouring the Danish tongue. Birmingham was the undisputed
champion.
Best
Árni
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