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Birminghamese
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English
Etymology
From en Birmingham -ese.
Adjective
Of or relating to the city of Birmingham, England.
en 2001 Annette Willoughby Innocent in Africa Authors OnLine 0755200098 Ib1Or93-QJYC 201 Birminghamese Annie was no different. With her generous Birminghamese attitude, she laid out two dozen candles.
Proper noun
The dialect of English language spoken in the city of Birmingham, England.
en 1974 June Martin D. S. Braine On What Might Constitute Learnable Phonology Language (journal) Language 50 2 10.2307/412438 295 Such a speaker not only knows which of his words with /aː/ are rendered with /æ/ in Birmingham, but also has a general expectation that words with /aː/ in RP will have either /aː/ or /æ/ in Birminghamese, but not other vowels.