(September 18, 2012 at 10:06 am)Red Celt Wrote: It's fairly safe to say that Birmingham has the worst accent in the UK. I forget who I'm paraphrasing here, but a comedian mentioned that they don't sound stupid; they sound like a victim.
That sounds familiar; now I'm going to be stuck with that until I remember the name.
Actually, as far as Britain's Worst Accent title goes, I'd be hard-pressed to choose between Brummie and Scouse. Scousers sound like the ones that have been personally inconvenienced by whatever made victims of the Brummies.
Mind you, if I never another Eastender again I can die happy. ("Orwight, Tweacuwe? Shat it, you slaaaaag! Leave it aaaaht!") Come back, Dick Van Dyke - all is forgiven...
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
