{"id":78226,"date":"2025-05-06T04:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78226\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T04:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:34:14","slug":"watch-joe-lycetts-united-states-of-birmingham-featuring-hilarious-black-country-slang-chat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78226\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Joe Lycett\u2019s United States of Birmingham featuring hilarious Black Country slang chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brummie comic Joe Lycett has visited scores of other places named Birmingham in America<\/p>\n<p>15:32, 05 May 2025Updated 15:48, 05 May 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This is the moment Joe Lycett\u2019s United States of Birmingham TV show features a hilarious chat about accents in an upcoming episode which airs tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Comic Joe and US bus driver Randy chat on camera about the Brummie accent and slang from the Black Country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Randy is heard offering his signature wisdom: &#8220;You need to slow down and enunciate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/hit-run-driver-jailed-family-31573978\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Hit-and-run driver jailed as family of teen victim say they feel &#8216;pain like nothing else&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/solihull-worst-hotspot-vehicle-crime-31541529\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Worst hotspot for vehicle crime in West Midlands revealed as MP says &#8216;unacceptable&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The clip, shared exclusively with BirminghamLive and posted above, shows the pair driving towards <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, Iowa \u2013 marking the halfway point of Joe\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The proud Brummie wants people to &#8220;celebrate what joins us&#8221; as he visits scores of other places named Birmingham in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There are 18 other Birminghams &#8211; 17 in the US and one in Canada. And dad-of-one Joe has been to a number of them to gather a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/united-states-birmingham-airs-tonight-31487302\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Treaty of Friendship&#8217; <\/a>between the Birmingham&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_joe1JPG.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Joe Lycett with driver Randy(Image: Sky Max)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In this latest clip, Joe says: &#8220;This is very specific to Birmingham. I say &#8216;tuth&#8217; rather than tooth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;My friend from Liverpool found it very funny. She pointed and she went: &#8216;What&#8217;s that?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;And I said: &#8216;Oh it&#8217;s my tuth&#8217; and she went: &#8216;You sound ridiculous (in a scouse accent)!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I think shots could be fired in all directions there actually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Randy then says: &#8220;So you would say: &#8216;Hey mum &#8211; all eight of my tuth are loose.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Joe said: &#8220;No I would say &#8216;teeth&#8217;.&#8221; Randy says: &#8220;Oh you would?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Joe responds: &#8220;But accurate in Birmingham, most people have eight teeth and they&#8217;re all loose, so that&#8217;s fair.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_lycett1JPG.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Joe Lycett (Image: Birmingham City Council)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We could do some Black Country ones&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Randy replies: &#8220;Black Country &#8211; what in the world is that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Joe says: &#8220;The Black Country is a bit posh, a bit fancy. So I went to the pub and ordered a glass of white wine and the woman behind the bar went: &#8216;We da av it.&#8217; What do you think that means?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Randy says: &#8220;She sneezed?!&#8221; After laughter erupts, Joe says: &#8220;It just means, &#8216;we don&#8217;t have wine&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;You&#8217;re kidding me,&#8221; says Randy. &#8220;You need to slow down and enunciate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Joe said: &#8220;I would love for you to go to the Black Country and say &#8216;you just need to slow down and enunciate&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Randy then says: &#8220;I&#8217;d be lost as a golf ball in high weeds if I went to the Black Country.&#8221; Joe adds: &#8220;You certainly would.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The next episode of Joe Lycett\u2019s United States of Birmingham airs on Sky Max at 9pm tomorrow, Tuesday, May 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brummie comic Joe Lycett has visited scores of other places named Birmingham in America 15:32, 05 May 2025Updated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,23383,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-78226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-joe-lycett","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114459028221015902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}