brummie
[bɹʌm.i]
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They are in Worcestershire [...] about a mile from the rather comically named Lickey Hills, so called, I suspect, because at week-ends they attract thousands of young Brummies licking either ice-creams or each other."
- "John figured that people who said Ciao were asking to be damaged, especially Brummies with dreary accents who sounded even more absurd than other non-Italian Ciao users."
- "His drilled shot is inch perfect and initially I am frozen as the ball hits the back of the net, in front of the open mouthed Brummies massed behind the goal."
- "The truth is that these days the Brummies have been magnanimous enough to recognise that the Black Country exists and thats^([sic]) at least a start."
- "An easy mistake to make though, you'll hear more Brummie in Welshpool in August than Welsh that's for sure."
- "Brummie is the accent spoken in the city of Birmingham in the area of the West Midlands. Despite its being widely discussed in the media, Brummie has not received too much attention from linguists."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [bɹʌm.i]
Usage
- British usage
- Informal
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
Brummies (plural)
Brummier (comparative)
more Brummie (comparative)
Brummiest (superlative)
most Brummie (superlative)