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I’ve just picked the random pledgee for the t-shirt out of my old bobble hat - sal - we’ll be in touch.
Dark as it was over Bill’s Mother’s we throughly enjoyed Talk Like A Brummie Day 2007 - we’ll see if it’s had any effect at all, or whether we’ll need to do it all again in 2008.
Thanks to everyone who took part, or even took an interest - if you’re interested in the Brummie dialect, please pop over to www.talklikeabrummie.co.uk where we’re going to try to build a wikipedia-style Brummie dictionary.
If you’ve got anything else to say about the day, feell free to comment here!
Bostin.
I think we were on - I know I recorded a bit in the Bull Ring with them today, but I’ve been that busy I haven’t watched it. It should be on the interweb here soon.
They are about to do a bit about TLABD on the ONE Show, BBC One, 7pm (and we’re not on, but of course Adrian Chiles is so that’s okay)
Due to extreme weather - it’s absolutely bucketing it down in Brum - the Brummie celebration planned for Chamberlain Square this afternoon is off. The organisers tell me that it may happen later in the summer.
Don’t stop talking like a Brummie - you might want to do most of it indoors tho’!
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Hope you’re all enjoying Talk Like A Brummie Day - why not tell us how you’re getting on talking Brummie. The press are bound to ask us - and we’d love to share your stories.
BBC WM - Phil Upton (Skip to about 1h 45mins in)Â
Listen out for us on Heart FM and Kerrang Radio breakfast shows, as well as probably the Stephen Nolan Show on Radio Five Live tomorrow evening. (All subject to broadcasters whims and that, obivously).
If you’ve always wanted to be on YouTube, but hadn’t got the diet coke and mentos, the TLAB Day team will be in Victoria Square tomorrow lunchtime (1-2) recording people for our tiny bit of the interweb video revolution.
In Chamberlain Square, from 12pm to 6pm on Friday people will be able to hear a panel of local experts, record their own favourite Brummie phrases and sayings for the BBC Big Screen and will have the chance to win special Birmingham prizes - some that money just can’t buy.
We’ll be there at the start to kick it off, and may hang around with our last few badges - if you’d like to grab one
Get down if you can even if it’s “looking a bit dark over Bill’s mother’s”.
EDIT: It’s been so dark over bill’s mother’s and everywhere that this has been postponed.
The lovely lads at Bostin.org.uk - home of the T-Shirts that Adrian Chiles loves - have agreed to send a T-Shirt to one lucky TLABDay-er. All you have to do is sign up and pledge (before Friday obviously).
You can even sign up for their newsletter for the chance to win even more Bostin stuff.
Pledge on this page here linked, not on this one (or it won’t count!).
Out of our own pocket and the goodness of our hearts we’ve had some badges made:
The first ten people to email us and ask nicely will be sent one. Otherwise you’ll just have to bump into one of the TLABD officials between now and the great day.
We’re also having a pledge sign-up page - add your name and position in this big ‘ol world in the comments on this http://talklikeabrummieday.co.uk/i-pledge-to-talk-like-a-brummie-on-july-20th/ page and send the link to all of your mates - Brummie or otherwise.
