Dudley people have their say on Black Country accents

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We asked the people of Dudley where they think has the strongest accents in the Black Country.

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00:00I'm Alastair Howard.

00:02Nice to meet you guys. So are you from the college here then?

00:04Yeah.

00:04And are you from the Black Country?

00:05Yeah.

00:06Whereabouts?

00:07I'm from, um, I'm Russell's Hall.

00:09Oh, Russell's Hall, yeah.

00:10Just outside Dundley.

00:11Just outside Dundley?

00:12No, Milkenbank.

00:13Lovely. So where do you guys think then has the strongest accent in the Black Country or in Dundley?

00:21Like, to the point where you can barely understand it?

00:25Probably some parts of Newcastle.

00:27Wolverhampton! That's surprising. Yeah, what do you guys think?

00:31Probably Wolverhampton.

00:32Wolverhampton, really? Well, I guess because you're from here, I think it's...

00:35Do you think they've got a different accent to what you've got over here then?

00:38Yeah, definitely.

00:39Yeah. How do you think it's different to here?

00:42It's a strong accent.

00:44Not in a bad way.

00:47Each to their own.

00:48Yeah.

00:49Where's got the strongest accent in the Black Country?

00:53I'm not sure.

00:54Go on.

00:56Action?

00:57Yeah, like, really strong.

01:01I don't really know.

01:03Where are you from yourself?

01:05I'm from Bledmere.

01:06Yeah?

01:07Bledmere.

01:08How about Tipton?

01:10Oh!

01:12Probably Tipton.

01:14What's your name?

01:15Cliff.

01:16Cliff, where do you think the strongest accent is from in the Black Country?

01:19Tipton.

01:20Tipton!

01:21Why is that?

01:23It's Tipton from everybody else.

01:25Thanks, Cliff. Cheers.

01:28So, yeah, I've only moved here a year ago.

01:30Well, I mean, you've only just moved here, though. Have you heard how strong the accent is around here?

01:35Yeah.

01:36But you can make out what people are saying, can't you?

01:38Just about.

01:39Just about make it out.

01:40So, where are you two living now at the moment?

01:42I live on Ren's, well, Ren's Nest.

01:45Oh, Ren's Nest.

01:46Yeah.

01:47And how was it around there for you when you moved there from...

01:50Where did you come from originally?

01:51Newcastle.

01:52Newcastle, okay!

01:53Yeah.

01:54And so how did you find adapting to people's accents around here?

01:57I'm just about still adapting.

01:59Just like they're adapting to my language as well, so it's...

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