stop stopping

March 7th, 2007 catnip

I have a bone to pick with my other half. His twisted brummie dialect has started rubbing off on me. The problem is that he uses the word ’stop’ when he means ’stay’, this seemingly innocent little annoyance becomes rather alarming when he’s giving me directions, such as “stop in this lane”. Wha? he wants me to park up in the middle of the road?!

But now he’s even got me thinking that way. This morning, the weather lady on the telly announced: “I’m pleased to say the rain in London will be stopping.” It took me a good few seconds to realise that there wasn’t a drought on in the capital that I hadn’t heard about!

This has left me wondering: is this really a brummie-ism or just a bounder-ism? brummies own up!

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brmb on cutting edge shocker

February 10th, 2007 catnip

I hate brmb, it’s nothing personal, I hate most commercial radio stations. However, someone in their marketing department has their finger on the pulse and have made the most of new trend for reverse graffiti.

God knows what V-day is - Valentines Day? some crappy competition which humiliates some poor listener or even puts their health at risk?

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what was lost

January 26th, 2007 catnip

i’ve just started reading “what was lost“, the debut novel by brummie author catherine o’flynn. i’m only a short way in, but the very first page made me laugh out loud, so that’s a good sign!

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