Any Black Country lads and lasses out there?

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Tue, 2012-07-17 14:30

I am Walsall born and bred and, unfortunately, I sometimes think, I still live here.
I was wondering if there are any more West Midlanders on ABC. I'm not asking for specific locations, names and addresses, inside leg measurements or anything like that, I just want to say hello and, maybe, "all right, cock, ew'm yaw doin'?"

Tue, 2012-07-17 21:43

fatboy74

It appears not Walrus - as Chesney Hawkes might have pointed out, you are the one and only (nobody you'd rather be)

Tue, 2012-07-17 21:54

The Walrus

I am the one and only. There's nobody I'd rather be. But at least I'm not Cheesy bloody Chesney - what was his mother thinking? Do you reckon he's related to Guy? Oh no, that was Fawkes, but maybe the family changed their name after Guy was hung, drawn and quartered to avoid humiliation.

Wed, 2012-07-18 21:10

scratch

Surely there must be someone that lives near Dudley zoo? Bostin'.

Wed, 2012-07-18 22:03

The Walrus

Someone who lives in Dudley zoo with me will do.....

Thu, 2012-07-19 00:51

Das Stavrou

Ah Londoner here i'm afraid, though i lived in Birmingham for a while *S*

Thu, 2012-07-19 01:22

The Walrus

Aah, but you couldn't have liked it all that much or you would have stayed. It tickles me the way there are regions within regions, and probably subregions within subregions. The accent in my home town is totally different from, say, the accent in Tipton, which is only five miles away. Most Walsall folk flip their lids if someone calls them a Brummie, though we're less than ten miles away from Birmingham. Similarly, kids from one school (or area) hate kids from a mile away or less for no logical reason. Funny old world. We are, sadly, still a very tribal species.

Thu, 2012-07-19 05:25

ton.car

Born in Lichfield, raised in Rugeley, and a lifelong Wolves fan. Although I currently reside in Derbyshire I listen to BBC WM and don't acknowledge the "East Midlands" as being the Midlands at all. Wrong beer, wrong accent, wrong football teams. When I lived in Aylesbury the soft Southerners thought I had a Liverpool accent. How wrong can you be?? We are the most culturally misunderstood and misrepresented region in the UK.

Thu, 2012-07-19 12:23

The Walrus

All of my wife's brothers are Wolves fans. To tell the truth I probably wouldn't be able to place a Lichfield or Rugeley accent myself. I spent a lot of time in London when I was a student, many Londoners thought I was a Yorkshire man and one wag thought I was from Northern Ireland..... Generally we all get stamped with the Brummie label, though.

Fri, 2012-07-20 02:02

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prettyrose

Hi all from where ever you live :))) Its' true what you said The Walrus about it being a funny old world at the end of the day it's human behavior sadly to judge first on everything down to what shoes you wear or accent and not what it should be on, which in my opinion is how another person treats another! And I think its probably longer than 5 miles to Birmingham if you believe a sat nav and going by car its 14- 15 miles from Walsall to Birmingham yow know wat I mean bab lolol I know Walsall well and although I don't live there did spend many years there and became a Wolves fan lol and went to Cardiff when they went to premiership. And Yes people Thought I was from Liverpool when I picked up the yam yam lingo, but what made me really laugh I was in Wales lol

Keep Smiling

Keep Writing xxx

Fri, 2012-07-20 15:57

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The Walrus

Bostin'!

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