English - Black Country Translator
This translator can be used to translate to and from the Black Country dialect. Type English in the left box (desktop) or top box (mobile), or type some Black Country in the right box (desktop) or bottom box (mobile). Alternatively, you can generate a random couple of default sentences from Lingo Jam.
The Black Country is a region in the West Midlands, England. It is the area where the original coal seam came up to or near the surface, including (roughly) most of the modern-day councils of Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Sandwell, including towns such as Dudley (the 'capital'), Coseley, Bilston, Wolverhampton (disputed) Walsall, Wednesbury, Sedgley and Tipton, as well as a few more - but NOT Birmingham.
The area is famous for industry and the part it played in the Industrial Revolution, and in the two centuries that followed, with some of the towns having specific industries. Black Country Day is celebrated annually on 14th July.
The Black Country dialect is the oldest dialect in England and the English language, some of the words of which come from Old English. However, its usage is becoming less and less common.
This is far from perfect, so please leave me a suggestion to help improve this translator if you want, as this is all from memory and I'm only doing a bit at a time. It is also worth bearing in mind that Black Country is a dialect. Dialects are spoken, so words do not always have a particular spelling - they are normally spelt phonetically, or with sounds in the English language, and there is often more than one way of doing so.
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Last updated 01:53 on 30/05/2020
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