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Jan 27, 2017 · The Urban Dictionary website said it derived from the Black Country dialect for "you are" - "yam". Terry Price, a historian born in Great Bridge in West Bromwich, said the pronunciation in...
Natives of Birmingham (Brummies) meanwhile often refer to their Black Country neighbours as "Yam Yams", a reference to the use of "yow am" instead of "you are".
- 'Ackee 1-2-3'
- 'Bostin’'
- 'Scrage'
- 'Buzz'
- 'Evelyn Mel'
- 'This Ain't Gettin' The Babby A Frock and Pinny'
- 'Donnies'
- 'Gambol'
- 'Face as Long as Livery Street'
- 'outdoor'
A Birmingham-exclusive – a convoluted variant of hide and seek, but much, much more intense. Verdict: Brummie.Ackee 1-2-3 was immortalised in song in the early-1980s by classic revival ska band The Beat. They were from Birmingham. Case closed.
A joyous and life-affirming declaration that roughly translated means: super, smashing, or even great. Verdict:Black Country. In the classic darts-based quiz show 'Bullseye' (filmed at the old Central TV studios on Birmingham’s Broad Street, no less), host Jim Bowen would often say 'super, smashing, great’. He could have expressed himself far more ...
Scratchier than a scrape and scrapier than a scratch, a scrage is the West Midlands' very own flesh wound. Meaningless to non-Midlanders, for people of a certain age this skin-on-gravel agony will forever be associated with misjudged BMX bunny hops. Verdict:Black Country.
Buzz is short for omnibuzz, a large road vehicle that carries passengers. Other places call it a bus. Verdict:Black Country. Prior to deregulation, Birmingham and the Black Country’s major buzz company was called Wumpty, a local sounding-out of the acronym WMPTE, which stood for the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. In many ways, the Wes...
No one really knows who Evelyn Mel was, but Birmingham city centre used to be full of old geezers standing in blue boxes, waving rolled-up newspapers and shouting her name repeatedly. Verdict:Brummie.
Roughly translated, this means that the endeavour in question would appear to be pointless and unlikely to generate any kind of adequate financial return. Like launching an online barber shop, for example. Verdict:Black Country.
Donnies is a local term for hands. The origin of the phrase in unclear, although it almost certainly pre-dates the film Donnie Brasco. Verdict: Black Country. Most likely it was inspired by clean-living, well-manicured '70s pop pin-up Donnie Osmond, whose three not-quite-so famous brothers have been known to ‘grab’ a bite to eat at the Coseley bran...
A Brum-specific term for a gymnastic forward roll. You know, that thing you used to be able to do when you were younger and more flexible. Verdict:Brummie. This is a term unique to these parts. If you’re talking to people from outside the area, it’s probably best not to brag about how great your kids are at gambolling. They might think you take the...
Livery Street in Birmingham runs from Colmore Row in the city centre to Constitution Hill in Hockley. Along its half-mile length there are numerous businesses, an entrance to Snow Hill station and even a fashionable hot yoga studio. Verdict:Brummie. A ridiculous phrase – no living creature has a face that long. Not even Benedict Cumberbatch.
Outdoor is a local term for off-licence. The phrase 'I'm just popping to the outdoor' has often mystified people from other places. The fact the person saying it invariably returns with a Cellar 5 carrier bag full of booze should be a bit of a giveaway, though. Verdict:Black Country. ‘In through the Out Door’ was a Led Zeppelin studio album release...
A Brummie refers strictly to the residents of the city of Birmingham, while the Black Country is the industrial region that surrounds Birmingham to the north and west, that consists of Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Dudley. The people of the Black Country are known as ‘ yam yams.’.
Feb 26, 2022 · The UK Foreign Office has warnings against travelling abroad to the likes of Iran, Russia and Lebanon amid growing crises across the globe. You will only hear these phrases in the Black Country ...
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Dec 12, 2002 · 'yam yam' sound when saying certain phrases. 'You are' is pronounced yo'am and 'are you' is pronounced 'am ya'. Vowels are also often changed.
The people of the Black Country are sometimes known as ‘yam-yams’. The term refers to one of the dialect’s unique grammatical features, whereby all of the first and second person forms of the verb ‘to be’ (i.e. ‘I/we/you are’) occur in the form ‘am’, that is: I am, we am, and you am.
