A critical distinction must be made between the Brummie accent of Birmingham and the dialect of the neighbouring Black Country, which includes Wolverhampton and Dudley. Outsiders often conflate the two, but locals are fiercely protective of the difference. The most noticeable difference is in the pronoun for "you are." A Brummie says "yam," whereas a Black Country speaker says "yow am" or the contracted "yow'm." When it comes to praising something as excellent, both dialects use "bostin'," so this word alone does not help tell them apart. Mehr sehen