Brummie, a whole other language, below you will find Brummie Speak, what we say and what we mean!!


Ackerdocks =aqueduct
Ackers =Money
Adu =How are you?
Addick =Haddock (fish)
Affpast =Half past the hour "the toym is affpass three"
Ar'l goo tClent =Expression of surprise
Ahr =Yes
Ar bay =I am not
Ar bin =I am
Arf soaked =Stupid
Ahr wow =I won't
Alloy =Friend
Alley Boy =Excuse of being elsewhere
Air =The wife ..as in "air at um"
Ark =Listen
Arbun edge ="Refers to a bad cup of tea as in ""testsloik 'ArbunEdge"". " I.e Tastes like leaves from a Harborne hedge
Arffa =Half as in "arffa bitta"
Aar kid =as in "awa ya doin aar kid" brother/kin
Anyroadup =anyhow, anyway
Arse Cream =Frozen confectionery (as in choc ice)
Avon =Light commercial vehicle (as in Ford Transit)
A =not going to have to
Aynit =Is it not ?
Azzo =as though
A bag of suck =Four ounces of sweeties
Bab ="used as a term for an adult woman as in ""Oroit Bab? "
Babbee =Small child..the youngest
Barmy =Insane
Baygoona =Not going to.
Beeza =BSA motorbikes made in Small Heath
Bin =Been, as in " Wair ya bin?"
Bint =Slightly derogatory term for a young woman
Bir-nin-em =Birmingham
Bison =Basin. A kitchen utensil..as in "puddin bison"
Blartin =Crying..lots of tears
Blastid =A more polite word to use instead of "Bloody"
Bloke =A gentleman
Blood Tub =Cinema where Bloodthirsty Films shown.
Bokkle =Bottle
Boyk =Two-wheeled vehicle..(bicycle) or a lady of ill repute
Booza =Ale House etc…or one who frequents one
Bosta =Large
Bostin =Terrific, excellent, fantastic etc.
Bosti fittle =Good food.
Brewy =Leven Brew XI. A beer brewed by Mitchells and Butlers in Cape Hill
Bronical =Chest trouble
Buzz =Bus a form of public transport
Caggy-handed =Left handed
Cake hole =Your mouth
Cannabea =Can of beer
Cannalarga =Can of lager
Canting =Talking
Cartin =Carton
Chimley =Chimney
Code =Cold
Coppit =catch it
Copolt =Take hold of this
Cucka =Oven
Cuddna bin =Couldn't have been
Cut =Canal
Cowt =Outer garment..as in "'at 'n cowt"
Daynt =I Don't
Donnies =Hands (Wash your donnies)
Doolally =Barmy, Crackers
Dower =Door, as in "Shut thu dower"
Duck ="Woman (used for both sexes in the East Midlands) ""Oya Duck"""
Ersun =Belongs to a female.
Fake =Cigarette (Got era fake?)
Ferra =For a
Fizzog =Face
Flower =Floor as in " Moind me clin flower"
Foil =Metal rasping tool
Foyer =Flames etc
foyered =to lose ones job as in "the gaffer foyered me"
Freud =Cooked in a pan of oil (as in "freud sossy-jizz")
Gaffer =Ones Boss
Gardin =The plot of land at the rear of the house for growin grass, flowers and vegatables
Garridge =Where you keep your car. (or "mowta")
Geaus =Give me
Gerraway =Really?
Gerroff =Get off
Gerron me wick. =Fed up with someone.
Giya =Give you - As in, I will gerim to giya a ring. ( I will get him to give you a ring).
Glarnies =Marbles
Gloss =Transparent material used for windows.
Gob =Mouth
Goo =Go
Good Boy =A bargain…or farewell
Gooin =Going
gorra cobb on =in a bad mood
Gunna =Going to
Gunnyarta =going to have to
Guzz =Goes
Guzzunda =A vessel that used during the night in the days of back to back houses not having an inside toilet. The word describes where it was kept which was under the bed. "The pot goes under the bed"
Horse Pickle =Hospital
Injin =Found under the bonnet (hood) of a car
"Int, Ent, Ain't" ="Isn't (as in "" It int arf code out, ar kid"""
Introy =Passageway between two old houses
Irrint =It isn't
Jawanna =Do you want a.. (or to..) "Jawanna gew fora pint down the pub"
Kaliye =Sherbert
Kayliyed =Intoxicated
Kekkle =Kettle
Kinnoy =Can I ?
Lard 'Ed =Thick, stupid
Larpom =Toilet
L small= little
Loin= Shortest distance between two points
Loik =Similar….or term of favourability.
Loiter =Smoker's accessory
Lung =Not short
Mardy =a miserable mood, grumpy
Mate =Sold at a butcher's shop…or a friend
Miskins =Dustbins
Misses =Wife..as in "me 'n the misses"
Mizzly =When the weather is cold and wet
Moikrawev =Microwave
Moi =The month before June….or 'belonging to me..'
Mom =Used instead of 'Mum'
Mooch =Look as in "A mooch around the shops"
Morkins =someone stupid
Mower =Something additional
Mowta =automobile ( as in "Me mowta needs an injin")
Mucker =A good friend that can always be relied on to lend a hand with any job no matter how dirty. He will always muck in with you.
Noyse =Nice; as in " Tarrair dunnarf luck noyse terday"
Oh-ahrr =Yes (kind off a fill in word when talking stopped or hesitated)
Oice Cream =Same as "Arse Cream" but even tastier!!
Oil =I will
Om =I am
On a Loin =Annoyed, angry
Ooroyt =hello (informal greeting)
Out Door =Off Licence
Quoit =Exactly, entirely
Or roit? =Are you well?....okay?
Orse Rowed =Thoroughfare..used generally by "Senior Brummies"
Otchin =method of propulsion (while sitting) used by babies before they can walk
Owamya ="Owamya Bin Keepin" Nothing to do with the worlds most wanted man. How are you and have you been keeping well.
Oya =Hello
Palaver =a vexing situation
Parky =Cold, chilly
Pays ="Peas - as in "" Kinnoy av a cartin 'o mushy pays, ploise?"
Ploise =Please
Poiklits =Pikelets (West Midlands name for crumpets):
Poise =Made of pastry..as in "stoik 'n keednoy poise"
Point =Large glass of ale..one eight of a gallon
Poyper =Paper
Rayjoe =Radio, wireless
Reuter =One who writes, an author
Rezza =Edgbaston Reservoir
Roit Bosta =Something very good
Rowud =Road as in 'Om agoowin darn the towun alung the orse rowud'.
Rung =Incorrect
Safta =This afternoon
Scrubba =Prostitute
Skooill =School
Sellablige ="To work things out as in "" Oil avva quick sellablige and lit yow know" ow mooch munnay oi've got."""
Sharrabang =Coach
Shudup ="Shut up, Be quiet."
Skelington =Skeleton
Slash =Crude term for to urinate
Strung =Powerful, not weak
Suff =Outside kitchen drain
Sukka =Frozen confectionery on a stick.
Summat =Something
S'up =What's up
Take-up =Drinking vessel usually with a saucer.
Tennarf ='I agree' as in "code to die - tennarf"
Ta rah =Goodbye!
Trarabit =See you again soon
Tests =Tastes
Tittybabbi =person or child acting like immaturely, like an infant at the breast
To die =Between yesterday and tomorrow
Toil =Ceramic wall covering
Toughie =Form of confectionery. as in "toughie appul"
Towun =Town 'Om agoowin darn the towun alung the orse rowud'.
Toy =Fashion accessory usually worn around the neck
Trarabit =Goodbye and see you again soon.
Trazis =Trousers.
Troin =Form of transport that runs on tracks.
Tuffpaste =Toothpaste
Tussock =irritating cough (as in "er ay arf gorra tussock onna")
Tuth =Tooth
Tuttie Pegs =Baby teeth
Waggin it =Missing school for no good reason, playing truant
"warr, warrn't " ="were, weren't"
Wench =Girl
Werk =Work.
Wernit =Was it not
Weskit =Waistcoat
Wick =Seven days
Wikend =Weekend
Winnda =Window
Windas =Windows. Operating system for computers developed by Moikrasof
Worroh =Hello
Wotchya =what have you got
Wozapanin =Whats going on
Wudden'ill =Stairs
Wum =Home
Wundrin =to walk around or to think about something
Yamorrite =how are you?
Yampy =Daft, stupid
Yarair =Your hair
Yerat =Something you put on your head as in "goin fetch yerat feur uryed
Yed =Something to put Yerat on.
Yo cor =You cannot.
Yow no =Assumption of understanding..

thank the light you don't speak like that.

how do you know that I dont?!!