Author Archives: Jon Bounds

Win a bostin shirt

Posted on July 16, 2007 by Jon Bounds

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 … Continue reading →

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Pin Ups and Pledges

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Jon Bounds

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 … Continue reading →

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See, we were in the Mail

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Jon Bounds

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we'am in the Mail, and Chinny's in!

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Jon Bounds

icBirmingham – Bid to let Brummies have their day City historian and Birmingham Mail columnist Professor Carl Chinn backed the bid and said attacks against the Brummie accent were based on snobbery. He added: “I long for the day when … Continue reading →

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What did you do on Talk Like A Brummie Day daddy?

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Jon Bounds

So, what have you got planned for Talk Like A Brummie Day on July the 20th – apart from talking like a Brummie obviously? Are you putting up the posters now, have you changed your screensaver, and put the desktop … Continue reading →

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Ozzy, Toyah and Franks support TLABD

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Jon Bounds

Or do they? Ozzy, Toyah, UB40, Frank Skinner and Frank Sidebottom have all become TLABDs friend on myspace, what that really means I don’t know. Can we just pop round for tea? We’ve got 150+ members in our Facebook | … Continue reading →

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The day gambols nearer, 'the dictionary' is growing

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Jon Bounds

The TLABD ‘dictionary’ is growing – 50 or more potential Brummie words and phrases. One of the favourite is being reminded of our lovely word for a ‘forward roll’ (or as our North Wales correspondant calls them a ‘toss over’), … Continue reading →

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New Link – The Motherlode

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Jon Bounds

Due to the magic of archive.org’s WayBack Machine – we’ve been able to add a link to the brilliant and comprehensive eBrummie.co.uk – where there’s more brummie phrases and dialect than we could shake a stick at.

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TalkLikeABrummie TV

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Jon Bounds

kyte is a web video service that lets you upload your own ‘programmes’ by email, web – or even from your mobile phone. We’ve created a channel for you lot to upload videos of yourselves talking like a brummie. It’s … Continue reading →

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Further social web fumblings

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Jon Bounds

Would you like to be our myspace friend? www.myspace.com/talklikeabrummie

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