119 (that is, mostly, modern West and South Yorkshire) are generally
popular and are associated with common sense, loyalty and reli-
ability.
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East Midlands English is a dialect traditionally spoken in
those parts of English Midlands lying East of Watling Street (the
A5 London - Shrewsbury Road). Today this area is represented
by the counties of the East Midlands of England, (Derbyshire,
Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and
Northamptonshire, see below).
The romantic English novelist, and East Midlander, D. H.
Lawrence who was from the Nottinghamshire town of Eastwood
wrote in the dialect of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
Coalfield in several dialect poems as well as in his more famous
works such as Lady Chatterley's Lover and Sons and Lovers.
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West Midlands English is a group of dialects of the Eng-
lish language. The Birmingham accent has experienced ridicule
within the UK for its unusual sound.
The accent is a result of extensive migration to the region
during the Industrial revolution. Birmingham and its surrounding
suburbs received people not only from England and Ireland, but
also in smaller numbers from Wales and Scotland.
Certain areas of the West Midlands are stereotyped as hav-
ing stronger accents than others, Dudley in the Black Country
being an example.
There are some local phrases in the Black Country that are
renowned. People do tend to substitute a reply of "arr" for "yes".
Generally, most words are shortened, most commonly being "I
haven't" to "I ay" (which can be argued as an even shorter form
of "I ain't"). In the south of the West Midlands, the accent is
more
similar
to
the
general
southern
accent.
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