My current work in progress is about a British thief. I’ve been working on this story since the last week of February–long before the lads came to stay with me.

As most of you know, one of the lads is from Birmingham. Brummie’s have a very distinct accent. One thing I noticed in particular is that thier long i sounds are “oi”. So, when Simon intorduced himself, it was “Soimon”. “Like” became “loike” and so on.

I decided that my British thief needed to be a Brummie. He’s very polished and speaks with a very clean accent. However, when he drinks a little too much, the Brummie comes out in him.

The best part of all this is, I found a “Brummie Translator” online. You can type in the sentence and it translates it in “Brummie Speak”. (It also translates into several other Dialects, such as Cockney Rhyme, Scottish, Scouse, etc. So, I’ll get to use this for my next book, too!)

For some fun, check it out. The British Dialect Translator

The lads are on their way to Memphis for the night. Tomorrow, Simon heads to (Northern)Arkansas with Nizzy and Bex and Grant has a 7.5 hour drive to Louisiana. Good luck with your new families fellas. Hope they rock.