I swear I thought Brummie was an euphemism for something... bad...

Anyway... do you have many street preachers there?   

I heard you guys have the highest proportion of Muslims in any major English city. Do they tend to be preachy? 

It is a euphemism. And explaining it would violate forum rules.

(May 17, 2015 at 10:19 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: It is a euphemism.  And explaining it would violate forum rules.

Well, if it really is an euphemism then Urban Dictionary is not in on its definition...

I guess my curiosity will not be satiated today

We do have a lot of Muslims. It's a city of around 1 million people and around 1/4 are Muslim. Still CNN or whatever news channel it was were blowing it out of proportion.

You see more Christian preachers than Muslim preachers in the city centre tbh. Especially the Jamaicans, they're out in force.

(May 17, 2015 at 10:23 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: We do have a lot of Muslims. It's a city of around 1 million people and around 1/4 are Muslim. Still CNN or whatever news channel it was were blowing it out of proportion. Leicester has the highest proportion of Muslims in the UK I think, but it's a much smaller city.

You see more Christian preachers than Muslim preachers in the city centre tbh. Especially the Jamaicans, they're out in force.

But why the Jamaicans?   And here I was thinking they were really "chill " or plainly put, stoned.

I guess not all of them are liberals

(May 17, 2015 at 10:22 pm)dahrling Wrote:

(May 17, 2015 at 10:19 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: It is a euphemism.  And explaining it would violate forum rules.

Well, if it really is an euphemism then Urban Dictionary is not in on its definition...

I guess my curiosity will not be satiated today

You could try asking in Area 69, but even there it might be going too far.  I think you are probably too young and innocent for these sorts of things.

(May 17, 2015 at 10:23 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: We do have a lot of Muslims. It's a city of around 1 million people and around 1/4 are Muslim. Still CNN or whatever news channel it was were blowing it out of proportion.

I dunno, you been up Bordesley Green recently?

Well yeah, there are some areas I wouldn't feel comfortable with. My Nan lives by Alum Rock and she's the only non-Muslim there I know of.

You have the opposite as well though. Muslims are like mythical creatures in the area I live in, they're so rare here.

(May 17, 2015 at 10:31 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Well yeah, there are some areas I wouldn't feel comfortable with. My Nan lives by Alum Rock and she's the only non-Muslim there I know of.

You have the opposite as well though. Muslims are like mythical creatures in the area I live in, they're so rare here.

So are they alienating themselves, or are they the ones alienated? 

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(May 17, 2015 at 10:29 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:

(May 17, 2015 at 10:22 pm)dahrling Wrote: Well, if it really is an euphemism then Urban Dictionary is not in on its definition...

I guess my curiosity will not be satiated today

You could try asking in Area 69, but even there it might be going too far.  I think you are probably too young and innocent for these sorts of things.

Yes, the famous Area 69. I really don't think I want to join it, to be completely honest.
There are just so many weird references to it, I think I would end up traumatized but who knows?

I think they alienate themselves personally

There's also a sizeable black (of Caribbran origin so Christian) population in Birmingham, and although they tend to be poorer on average, they've had less problem integrating in. Any Muslims I know who are secular and make an effort get places as well. One of my best friends growing up was Muslim, from an Iranian family who left Iran after the Shah was overthrown, they're very secular and have never struggled for anything.