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Question: Black Country humour (UK) - Can you understand it!?
The Black Country (Dudley, Rowley Regis, Bilston, Tipton, Walsall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton; as well as many smaller villages) (from Wikipedia) but this isn't cut and dried!.!.!.!.!.many fist fights have been started over which places are actually in The Black Country!.!.!.!.I live in Stourbridge, in the Black Country!.!.!.but, see not mentioned here!.

Aynuk met Ayli rollin' wum with a girt bag in 'is 'ond
'e were grinnin' fit t'boost, it seemed like life were grand!.
'Is them pigens yow got theer!?' Wot could poor Ayli say!?
The ockered pigenses cooing 'ad give the ga'em away
But ar' Ayli wuz cunnin' 'coz 'e 'ad a master plan!.
e' thort withowt a shader of a doubt 'e were the better man!.
'Reet, okay Aynuk lad' 'e grinned (Thinkin 'e were usin' his loaf)
'If yow k'n guess ow many pigens i've gor, yow k'nav 'em both'

Translations are available - just send a stamped self-addressed
envelope to!.!.!.!.!.me!. Small sample: Enoch met Eli rolling home with a big bag in his hand!.
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Granny!!! This is terrific! "If you can guess how many pigeons I've got, you can have them both!" What a hoot (or a coo, I guess, their pigeons!)!

The green nose punk chick does not appreciate my enthusiasm for your work!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is great! It needs to be packaged up with voice recordings, and translations and such!. I write colloquial stories!. I've lived in places where in Inglik is plenty bad, no!? Www@QuestionHome@Com

I had to read it a few times to get the flow going (I'm a bit dense sometimes) but then it became sing-song 'Ilarious!
My favorite: Thinkin 'e were usin' his loaf!! OUTSTANDING!Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is great!!!

I am an American and i really enjoyed your writing!. You were able to correctly spell the words of the dialect!.

It's funny and well done! Www@QuestionHome@Com

This was fun to read and not so hard!. I can read Chaucer's English and Old French!. It works better when read aloud!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yow k'nav 'em both
ah hah
Ay bin oot an away fum dat fer tow lung!.!.tow finny!.!.!
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Husband walked by as I was reading this aloud!. I believe he's calling the funny farm now!. He reports I don't have a fever!.!.!.yet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Bloody well done! Now I got to go use my loaf, I mean uh!.!.!. head!.Www@QuestionHome@Com