My take on the accents is Birmingham was the industrial center of the world, lots of jobs , lots of blokes killed in WW1 so "migrant" workers from Ireland , Liverpool , Manchester etc would have descended on Brum for work . How many living in Brum now can trace their great grandparents back to other big cities. My wife's grandparents were from Manchester & lived in Yardley , her Dad's great grandparents were from Scotland , my Dad was from Gillingham ( different generation but fair enough comparison in my opinion ). Читать дальше...