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# brummie

«brummie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person from Birmingham, the big city in the middle of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a Brummie, Brummies — informal, UK); adjective (Brummie — informal, UK)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, UK) A person from Birmingham, the big city in the middle of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#m1)

2) (informal, UK) The accent and way of speaking of people from Birmingham. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#m2)

3) (informal, UK) From or to do with Birmingham. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on accents and dialects, Brummie is one of the best-known English accents, with its own sounds and words (like «bab» for a friendly «dear»). It is a friendly, proud nickname, though some people unfairly make fun of the accent. The name comes from «Brummagem», an old local name for Birmingham.

### examples

- My nan is a proud Brummie. (UK) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#x1)
- He speaks with a strong Brummie accent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#x2)
- The Brummie comedian made everyone laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#x3)
- «Ta-ra-a-bit, bab» is a Brummie way to say goodbye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#x4)
- Peaky Blinders is set among Brummies a hundred years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#x5)
- No accent is better than another, Brummie included. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#x6)
- She moved to London but kept her Brummie voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/#x7)

### note

Usually written with a capital B: Brummie, Brummies. Informal, UK. Accents are not mistakes: Brummie, Scouse (Liverpool) and Geordie (Newcastle) are regional ways of speaking English, and Standard English can be spoken in any accent.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brummie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brummie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.