Rhube, I have drunk with a lot of Brummies in the past few months. Their continual apparent whining doesn't improve on closer acquaintance, I assure you.

As for Wellybro, the accent is actually broader than I hear in Northampton itself. Whether or not it gained city status. You think they'd have just built a bloody cathedral, wouldn't you?

Goddaughter will speak whichever accent had the most lasting impression on her. Northampton seems the safe bet. She doesn't have the slightest touch of Zild in spite of both her parents speaking it broadly.

My dislike of the Geordie accent stems from having had two bosses, one direct, one indirect, both ignorant, from Newcastle.


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