Brummie
A Brummie is a person from Birmingham, and the name of the city's accent; the word comes from Brummagem, an old local form of the city's name. The adjective works the same way: Brummie humour, a Brummie voice.
In practice
The Brummie accent is easy to recognise by its rising, sing-song intonation and its vowels: "Birmingham" itself often sounds like "Brum-ing-um". Surveys have long ranked it low for prestige, and Brummies are used to jokes about it, but the accent is spoken by over a million people and is increasingly heard on national television and radio. It is related to, but different from, the dialects of the Black Country towns to the west, such as Dudley and Wolverhampton, and people from both areas will point out the difference.
Why it matters to newcomers
Brummies are proud of the city and quick to laugh at outsiders' assumptions about it. Calling someone from Wolverhampton a Brummie will not go down well. Learn a few local words and the city opens up quickly.
Related
- Brum - the city's short name
- Bostin' - a word of praise from the region
- Island - what Brummies call a roundabout
Source: Wiktionary: Brummie.